Thesis
Neural mechanisms of suboptimal decisions
- Abstract:
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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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+ Rushworth, M
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Supervisor
+ Walton, M
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Supervisor
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:10109
- Deposit date:
- 2015-02-18
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Ka Hung Bolton CHAU
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available on ORA.
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