From sensory evidence to a motor command

J D Schall

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00504-2

From sensory evidence to a motor command

Curr Biol. 2000 Jun 1;10(11):R404-6. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00504-2.

Author

J D Schall¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA. jeffrey.d. schall@vanderbilt.edu

PMID: 10837238
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00504-2

Abstract

New insight into how the brain makes a decision has come from a study of the effects of the decision-making process on an eye movement evoked by electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex. The accumulation of sensory evidence was found to cause a gradual commitment toward a choice.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / physiology*
Choice Behavior
Decision Making*
Electric Stimulation
Eye Movements / physiology*
Frontal Lobe / physiology*
Haplorhini
Humans
Models, Neurological
Models, Psychological
Motor Activity / physiology*
Psychomotor Performance / physiology*