Nature Communications (May 2020)

Representation of probabilistic outcomes during risky decision-making

  • Giuseppe Castegnetti,
  • Athina Tzovara,
  • Saurabh Khemka,
  • Filip Melinščak,
  • Gareth R. Barnes,
  • Raymond J. Dolan,
  • Dominik R. Bach

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16202-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Goal directed behavior requires the sequential retrieval and evaluation of the multiple choices for action and their deterministic outcomes. Here, the authors report sequential, decodable probabilistic outcome representations in magnetoencephalography (MEG) signals during a risky foraging task.