Neural dynamics and circuit mechanisms of decision-making

• Published in: Current opinion in neurobiology Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 1039 - 1046
• Main Author: Wang, Xiao-Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Brain - physiology; Choice Behavior - physiology; Circuits; Computational neuroscience; Decision making; Decision Making - physiology; Humans; Jumping; Models, Neurological; Nerve Net - physiology; Nervous system; Neurology; Primates; Psychiatry; Reviews

► We review recent work on neural circuit mechanism of decision-making. ► Temporal dynamics and population activity in the state space represent a duality of perspectives. ► A decision circuit can display the ramping mode and the jumping mode with distinct properties. ► Deviations from rational mode...