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Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation
Perceptual choices depend not only on the current sensory input but also on the behavioral context, such as the history of one’s own choices. Yet, it remains unknown how such history signals shape the dynamics of later decision formation. In models of decision formation, it is commonly assumed that...
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31264959 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46331 |
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author | Urai, Anne E de Gee, Jan Willem Tsetsos, Konstantinos Donner, Tobias H |
author_facet | Urai, Anne E de Gee, Jan Willem Tsetsos, Konstantinos Donner, Tobias H |
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description | Perceptual choices depend not only on the current sensory input but also on the behavioral context, such as the history of one’s own choices. Yet, it remains unknown how such history signals shape the dynamics of later decision formation. In models of decision formation, it is commonly assumed that choice history shifts the starting point of accumulation toward the bound reflecting the previous choice. We here present results that challenge this idea. We fit bounded-accumulation decision models to human perceptual choice data, and estimated bias parameters that depended on observers’ previous choices. Across multiple task protocols and sensory modalities, individual history biases in overt behavior were consistently explained by a history-dependent change in the evidence accumulation, rather than in its starting point. Choice history signals thus seem to bias the interpretation of current sensory input, akin to shifting endogenous attention toward (or away from) the previously selected interpretation. |
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spelling | pubmed-66060802019-07-05 Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation Urai, Anne E de Gee, Jan Willem Tsetsos, Konstantinos Donner, Tobias H eLife Neuroscience Perceptual choices depend not only on the current sensory input but also on the behavioral context, such as the history of one’s own choices. Yet, it remains unknown how such history signals shape the dynamics of later decision formation. In models of decision formation, it is commonly assumed that choice history shifts the starting point of accumulation toward the bound reflecting the previous choice. We here present results that challenge this idea. We fit bounded-accumulation decision models to human perceptual choice data, and estimated bias parameters that depended on observers’ previous choices. Across multiple task protocols and sensory modalities, individual history biases in overt behavior were consistently explained by a history-dependent change in the evidence accumulation, rather than in its starting point. Choice history signals thus seem to bias the interpretation of current sensory input, akin to shifting endogenous attention toward (or away from) the previously selected interpretation. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6606080/ /pubmed/31264959 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46331 Text en © 2019, Urai et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Urai, Anne E de Gee, Jan Willem Tsetsos, Konstantinos Donner, Tobias H Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title | Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title_full | Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title_fullStr | Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title_full_unstemmed | Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title_short | Choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
title_sort | choice history biases subsequent evidence accumulation |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6606080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31264959 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46331 |
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