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ECONOMICS Testing the DDM: A Behavioral Experiment to Measure Evidence Accumulation During Decision MakingAUTHORS: Stefan F. Bucher and Paul W. Glimcher OBJECTIVE Drift-diffusion models (DDM) have had empirical success in fitting choice and...
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NEUROSCIENCE Parkinson’s Disease and Risky Monetary Decision-Making ABSTRACT Dopamine is intimately involved in decision-making, but its contributions to risky choice are incompletely understood. In Parkinson’s disease, there is a selective...
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