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Response outcomes gate the impact of expectations on perceptual decisions

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  • Ainhoa Hermoso-Mendizabal

    (Institut dʹInvestigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS))

  • Alexandre Hyafil

    (Institut dʹInvestigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
    Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    Campus de Bellaterra)

  • Pavel E. Rueda-Orozco

    (Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM)

  • Santiago Jaramillo

    (Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon)

  • David Robbe

    (Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, INMED)

  • Jaime Rocha

    (Institut dʹInvestigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS))

Abstract

Perceptual decisions are based on sensory information but can also be influenced by expectations built from recent experiences. Can the impact of expectations be flexibly modulated based on the outcome of previous decisions? Here, rats perform an auditory task where the probability to repeat the previous stimulus category is varied in trial-blocks. All rats capitalize on these sequence correlations by exploiting a transition bias: a tendency to repeat or alternate their previous response using an internal estimate of the sequence repeating probability. Surprisingly, this bias is null after error trials. The internal estimate however is not reset and it becomes effective again after the next correct response. This behavior is captured by a generative model, whereby a reward-driven modulatory signal gates the impact of the latent model of the environment on the current decision. These results demonstrate that, based on previous outcomes, rats flexibly modulate how expectations influence their decisions.

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  • Ainhoa Hermoso-Mendizabal & Alexandre Hyafil & Pavel E. Rueda-Orozco & Santiago Jaramillo & David Robbe & Jaime Rocha, 2020. "Response outcomes gate the impact of expectations on perceptual decisions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-14824-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14824-w
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    1. Diksha Gupta & Brian DePasquale & Charles D. Kopec & Carlos D. Brody, 2024. "Trial-history biases in evidence accumulation can give rise to apparent lapses in decision-making," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Anne E. Urai & Tobias H. Donner, 2022. "Persistent activity in human parietal cortex mediates perceptual choice repetition bias," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Lluís Hernández-Navarro & Ainhoa Hermoso-Mendizabal & Daniel Duque & Jaime de la Rocha & Alexandre Hyafil, 2021. "Proactive and reactive accumulation-to-bound processes compete during perceptual decisions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Andrew Mah & Shannon S. Schiereck & Veronica Bossio & Christine M. Constantinople, 2023. "Distinct value computations support rapid sequential decisions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.
    5. I. Hachen & S. Reinartz & R. Brasselet & A. Stroligo & M. E. Diamond, 2021. "Dynamics of history-dependent perceptual judgment," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-15, December.

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