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NEUROSCIENCE Efficient coding in decision circuits ABSTRACT A fundamental feature of neurobiological systems is adaptive coding, where neural activity reflects the recent history of information processing. Such adaptation is thought to be...
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NEUROSCIENCE Interrupting counterfactual representations in the lateral frontal pole ABSTRACT I am collaborating with researchers at Oxford University who have discovered that the lateral frontal pole displays a unique connectivity profile in...
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NEUROSCIENCE Understanding the interaction between fear and choice behavior in psychiatric disorders ABSTRACT Recent evidence suggests that the excessive formation of habits plays an important role in a number of psychiatric disorders, including...
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NEUROSCIENCE Pupil dilation contributes to insight in decision-making ABSTRACT Insight in decision-making refers to the accurate appraisal of one’s skills and capabilities. In this study we found that participants who had better insight...
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NEUROSCIENCE Role of non-monetary incentives in decision making ABSTRACT People show age-related changes in decision-making. Therefore, we want to investigate the correlation between the brain structures and the generalized axiom of revealed...
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NEUROSCIENCE An Analysis of Decision under Risk in Rats AUTHORS Christine Constantinople ABSTRACT In 1979, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky published a ground-breaking paper titled ‘‘Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk,’’ which...
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