Decision making: From sensory evidence to a motor command

Authors
Schall, JD
Citation
Jd. Schall, Decision making: From sensory evidence to a motor command, CURR BIOL, 10(11), 2000, pp. R404-R406
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
R404 - R406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20000601)10:11<R404:DMFSET>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
New insight into how the brain makes a decision has come from a study of th e effects of the decision-making process on an eye movement evoked by elect rical stimulation of the frontal cortex. The accumulation of sensory eviden ce was found to cause a gradual commitment toward a choice.