Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias

Anne E Urai; Anke Braun; Tobias H Donner

doi:10.1038/ncomms14637

Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias

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Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias. / Urai, Anne E; Braun, Anke; Donner, Tobias H.

in: NAT COMMUN, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 14637, 03.03.2017, S. 1-11.

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Urai, AE, Braun, A & Donner, TH 2017, 'Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias', NAT COMMUN, Jg. 8, Nr. 14637, S. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14637

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Urai, A. E., Braun, A., & Donner, T. H. (2017). Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias. NAT COMMUN, 8(14637), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14637

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Urai AE, Braun A, Donner TH. Pupil-linked arousal is driven by decision uncertainty and alters serial choice bias. NAT COMMUN. 2017 Mär 3;8(14637):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14637

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abstract = "While judging their sensory environments, decision-makers seem to use the uncertainty about their choices to guide adjustments of their subsequent behaviour. One possible source of these behavioural adjustments is arousal: decision uncertainty might drive the brain's arousal systems, which control global brain state and might thereby shape subsequent decision-making. Here, we measure pupil diameter, a proxy for central arousal state, in human observers performing a perceptual choice task of varying difficulty. Pupil dilation, after choice but before external feedback, reflects three hallmark signatures of decision uncertainty derived from a computational model. This increase in pupil-linked arousal boosts observers' tendency to alternate their choice on the subsequent trial. We conclude that decision uncertainty drives rapid changes in pupil-linked arousal state, which shape the serial correlation structure of ongoing choice behaviour.",

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