Decisions between two alternatives have been extensively studied and modeled. A study now reports that during choices among several options, the responses of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area are still well described by the integration-to-bound model, supporting the general applicability of this computational framework.
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Rao, V., Snyder, L. The road least taken. Nat Neurosci 11, 623–624 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0608-623
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