Abstract
Current computational accounts posit that, in simple binary choices, humans accumulate evidence in favour of the different alternatives before committing to a decision. Neural correlates of this accumulating activity have been found during perceptual decisions in parietal and prefrontal cortex; however the source of such activity in value-based choices remains unknown. Here we use simultaneous EEG–fMRI and computational modelling to identify EEG signals reflecting an accumulation process and demonstrate that the within- and across-trial variability in these signals explains fMRI responses in posterior-medial frontal cortex. Consistent with its role in integrating the evidence prior to reaching a decision, this region also exhibits task-dependent coupling with the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the striatum, brain areas known to encode the subjective value of the decision alternatives. These results further endorse the proposition of an evidence accumulation process during value-based decisions in humans and implicate the posterior-medial frontal cortex in this process.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 808 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Jun 2017 |
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Chris Retzler
- Department of Social and Psychological Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Psychology
- School of Human and Health Sciences
- The Centre for Cognition and Neuroscience - Member
- None in Three Centre for the Global Prevention of Gender-based Violence
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