How do we make decisions? A study uses MEG to provide the spatial as well as the temporal resolution needed to answer this question, together with computational modeling, which allows for complex non-linear decision models. This work helps resolve some of the seemingly contradictory results from previous work.
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Pearson, J., Platt, M. Dynamic decision making in the brain. Nat Neurosci 15, 341–342 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3049
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