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ArticleNature human behaviour2024

Intracranial electroencephalography reveals effector-independent evidence accumulation dynamics in multiple human brain regions.

Sabina Gherman, Noah Markowitz, Gelana Tostaeva, Elizabeth Espinal, Ashesh D Mehta, Redmond G O'Connell, Simon P Kelly, Stephan Bickel

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Article in Nature human behaviour, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sabina GhermanThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA. agherman@northwell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9918-3692
Noah MarkowitzThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-575X
Gelana TostaevaThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-8479-9351
Elizabeth EspinalThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Ashesh D MehtaThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA.
Redmond G O'ConnellTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6949-2793
Simon P KellySchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and UCD Centre for Biomedical Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-3099
Stephan BickelThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA. sbickel@northwell.edu.
Northwell Health · USNathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research · USTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Uncovering the neural architecture underlying decisions abstracted from movementsR01MH122513 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BICKEL, STEPHAN, KELLY, SIMON · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH122513U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01MH122513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural representations of perceptual decision formation that are abstracted from specific motor requirements have previously been identified in humans using non-invasive electrophysiology; however, it is currently unclear where these originate in the brain. Here we capitalized on the high spatiotemporal precision of intracranial EEG to localize such abstract decision signals. Participants undergoing invasive electrophysiological monitoring for epilepsy were asked to judge the direction of random-dot stimuli and respond either with a speeded button press (N = 24), or vocally, after a randomized delay (N = 12). We found a widely distributed motor-independent network of regions where high-frequency activity exhibited key characteristics consistent with evidence accumulation, including a gradual buildup that was modulated by the strength of the sensory evidence, and an amplitude that predicted participants' choice accuracy and response time. Our findings offer a new view on the brain networks governing human decision-making.

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Decision MakingElectrocorticographyAdultBrainBrain MappingElectroencephalographyEpilepsyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReaction TimeYoung Adult

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PMID38366105
PMCPMC12188985
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