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Neural mechanisms of suboptimal decisions

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Making good decisions and adapting flexibly to environmental change are critical to the survival of animals. In this thesis, I investigated neural mechanisms underlying suboptimal decision making in humans and underlying behavioural adaptation in monkeys with the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in both species.

In recent decades, in the neuroscience of decision making, there has been a prominent focus on binary decisions. Whether the presence of an additional t...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Research group:
Decision and Action Lab
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
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Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
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Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Supervisor
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Supervisor
Publication date:
2014
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
Oxford University, UK
Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2015-02-18

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