Value-based decision making
A choice combines what we want, what we expect, and what we remember. How does the brain turn those inputs into one action, especially when the options are uncertain?
Reasoning and decisions
Judgment, value, self-monitoring and the control of thought.
Subjects: Reasoning and decision making
Problems in this collection
8 problemsMetacognition
Choosing an answer and judging whether it is right are different tasks. Which brain computations produce that second judgment?
Cognitive control
We can switch tasks, follow a rule, and suppress a tempting response. How do brain networks coordinate that flexible control?
Human general intelligence
Performance across different cognitive tasks is often related. Which brain mechanisms help explain that shared variation and the many abilities that do not reduce to it?
Transitive inference
Learning that A outranks B and B outranks C can let us compare A with C. How do people build and revise this knowledge?
Completed-intention aftereffects
A reminder can bring back an action that is already finished. What determines whether that memory merely interrupts us or prompts a mistaken repeat?
Psychological refractory period
Two quick tasks can make the second response wait. What controls that queue when response demands and task priorities change?
Mental rotation
Comparing turned objects often takes longer at larger angles. Do people rotate continuously, use discrete view changes, or recognize shape more directly?