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SUBMITTER: Ferrera VP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2770427 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferrera Vincent P VP Yanike Marianna M Cassanello Carlos C
Nature neuroscience 20091025 11
Flexible links between sensory stimuli and behavioral responses underlie many cognitive processes. One process that contributes to flexible decision-making is categorization. Some categories are innate or overlearned, but, in many cases, category boundaries represent flexible decision criteria that can shift on the fly to adapt to changes in the environment. The ability to shift category boundaries allows decision-making to adapt to changing circumstances. We found that monkeys were able to swit ...[more]