Investigating neural structures and behavioural biases in perceptual decision-making

Thesis

Why do we behave as we do? The general mechanisms underlying visual perception and decision-making within a social context have been under scientific scrutiny for over half a century (Sherif, 1945; Asch, 1951; Berns et al, 2005). In spite of this, neither a definitive mechanism for how perceptual biases arise, nor a robust neural basis have emerged. In the first part of my thesis, I use a combination of visual behavioural testing and computational modelling to investigate the development o...

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Authors: Large, I

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-kq6mjxoxy
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Myelin; Brain mapping; Social; Perceptual decision-making; Social Influence; V5/MT; fMRI
• Subjects: Perception; Decision-making; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vision; Autism; Neuroscience