Cognitive neuroscience: Decision amid uncertainty

Jonathan D. Cohen; Gary Aston-Jones

doi:10.1038/436471a

Cognitive neuroscience: Decision amid uncertainty

Jonathan D. Cohen, Gary Aston-Jones

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Choosing whether to stick to a belief or to abandon it in the face of uncertainty is central to human behaviour. Modelling implicates brain chemicals called neuromodulators in adjudicating this essential decision.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	471-472
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	436
Issue number	7050
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/436471a
State	Published - Jul 28 2005

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