NIH R01 · 2025
Neural circuits for adaptively biasing decision making
PROJECT SUMMARY (ABSTRACT) Our long-term goal is to elucidate the systems and circuits, within and across brain regions, responsible for decision making. The objective of this proposal is to examine the neural circuit basis for how, in the face of sensory uncertainty, perceptual decisions are adaptively biased to the most valuable option, as instructed by the recent history of choices and their outcomes. We address this question by focusing on the superior colliculus (SC), a key midbrain node in the network of brain regions responsible for selecting targets for movement (i.e., “spatial choice”), an important form of decision making amenable to circuit-level interrogation. The SC integrates…
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