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Dynamics of human decision-making under uncertainty in health and disease

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This thesis investigated how humans reduce uncertainty in decision-making and how this capacity is disrupted by brain pathology, with a focus on white matter (WM) damage in cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) and lesions in the medial frontal lobe (MFL). Multimodal neuroimaging and variants of a relatively novel decision-making behavioural paradigm were employed to characterize the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying decisionmaking under uncertainty.

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
Research group:
Husain Lab
Oxford college:
St John's College
Role:
Author

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-6850-9255
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
Oxford college:
New College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0003-0735-4349


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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/029chgv08
Programme:
Wellcome Trust
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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/04v48nr57
Programme:
Rhodes Scholarship


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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