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Adaptive gain control during human perceptual choice.

ABSTRACT: Neural systems adapt to background levels of stimulation. Adaptive gain control has been extensively studied in sensory systems but overlooked in decision-theoretic models. Here, we describe evidence for adaptive gain control during the serial integration of decision-relevant information. Human observers judged the average information provided by a rapid stream of visual events (samples). The impact that each sample wielded over choices depended on its consistency with the previous sample, with more consistent or expected samples wielding the greatest influence over choice. This bias was also visible in the encoding of decision information in pupillometric signals and in cortical responses measured with functional neuroimaging. These data can be accounted for with a serial sampling model in which the gain of information processing adapts rapidly to reflect the average of the available evidence.

SUBMITTER: Cheadle S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4411568 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Adaptive gain control during human perceptual choice.

Cheadle Samuel S Wyart Valentin V Tsetsos Konstantinos K Myers Nicholas N de Gardelle Vincent V Herce Castañón Santiago S Summerfield Christopher C

Neuron 20140301 6

Neural systems adapt to background levels of stimulation. Adaptive gain control has been extensively studied in sensory systems but overlooked in decision-theoretic models. Here, we describe evidence for adaptive gain control during the serial integration of decision-relevant information. Human observers judged the average information provided by a rapid stream of visual events (samples). The impact that each sample wielded over choices depended on its consistency with the previous sample, with ...[more]

PMID: 24656259

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