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Subjective value and decision entropy are jointly encoded by aligned gradients across the human brain

Bobadilla-Suarez, S; Guest, O; Love, BC; (2020) Subjective value and decision entropy are jointly encoded by aligned gradients across the human brain. Communications Biology , 3 , Article 597. 10.1038/s42003-020-01315-3. Green open access

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Abstract

Recent work has considered the relationship between value and confidence in both behavioural and neural representation. Here we evaluated whether the brain organises value and confidence signals in a systematic fashion that reflects the overall desirability of options. If so, regions that respond to either increases or decreases in both value and confidence should be widespread. We strongly confirmed these predictions through a model-based fMRI analysis of a mixed gambles task that assessed subjective value (SV) and inverse decision entropy (iDE), which is related to confidence. Purported value areas more strongly signalled iDE than SV, underscoring how intertwined value and confidence are. A gradient tied to the desirability of actions transitioned from positive SV and iDE in ventromedial prefrontal cortex to negative SV and iDE in dorsal medial prefrontal cortex. This alignment of SV and iDE signals could support retrospective evaluation to guide learning and subsequent decisions.

Type: Article
Title: Subjective value and decision entropy are jointly encoded by aligned gradients across the human brain
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01315-3
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01315-3
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10113553
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