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From choices to internal states

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Complex and intelligent behavior depends not just on sensory evidence but also on internal cognitive state. Ashwood et al. use a powerful statistical method to identify hidden internal states in choice data.

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Fig. 1: The GLM-HMM framework applied to mouse and human data identifies different types of internal behavioral state.

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