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A Role for the Superior Colliculus in Decision Criteria.
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- Brain-wide coordination of internal signals during decision-making.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- In vivo parcellation of the human superior colliculus from brain-wide probabilistic connectivity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Effort drives saccade selection.eLife · 2025Article
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- Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition.Nature neuroscience · 2024Article
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- Dorsal pulvinar inactivation leads to spatial selection bias without perceptual deficit.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Dissociable components of attention exhibit distinct neuronal signatures in primate visual cortex.Science advances · 2024Article
- Distinct context- and content-dependent population codes in superior colliculus during sensation and action.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
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Abstract
Simple decisions arise from the evaluation of sensory evidence. But decisions are determined by more than just evidence. Individuals establish internal decision criteria that influence how they respond. Where or how decision criteria are established in the brain remains poorly understood. Here, we show that neuronal activity in the superior colliculus (SC) predicts changes in decision criteria. Using a novel "Yes-No" task that isolates changes in decision criterion from changes in decision sensitivity, and computing neuronal measures of sensitivity and criterion, we find that SC neuronal activity correlates with the decision criterion regardless of the location of the choice report. We also show that electrical manipulation of activity within the SC produces changes in decisions consistent with changes in decision criteria and are largely independent of the choice report location. Our correlational and causal results together provide strong evidence that SC activity signals the position of a decision criterion. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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