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Noise and Correlations in Parallel Perceptual Decision Making

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07/08/2012
Author
Otto, Thomas
Mamassian, Pascal
Keywords
MULTISENSORY INTERACTIONS
BIMODAL INTEGRATION
SENSORY MODALITY
MOTION DETECTION
NEURAL BASIS
RESPONSES
TASK
INFORMATION
DYNAMICS
CORTICES
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Abstract
Perceptual decisions involve the accumulation of sensory evidence over time, a process that is corrupted by noise [1]. Here, we extend the decision-making framework to crossmodal research [2, 3] and the parallel processing of two distinct signals presented to different sensory modalities like vision and audition. Contrary to the widespread view that multisensory signals are integrated prior to a single decision [4-10], we show that evidence is accumulated for each signal separately and that consequent decisions are flexibly coupled by logical operations. We find that the strong correlation of response latencies from trial to trial is critical to explain the short latencies of multisensory decisions. Most critically, we show that increased noise in multisensory decisions is needed to explain the mean and the variability of response latencies. Precise knowledge of these key factors is fundamental for the study and understanding of parallel decision processes with multisensory signals.
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Otto , T & Mamassian , P 2012 , ' Noise and Correlations in Parallel Perceptual Decision Making ' , Current Biology , vol. 22 , no. 15 , pp. 1391-1396 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.031
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Current Biology
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.031
ISSN
0960-9822
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an Open Archive article, available for non commercial use under the Elsevier user license: http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4296

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