Dynamics of decision making: from evidence to preference and belief

• Main Author: Marius Usher (auth)
• Other Authors: David A. Lagnado (auth), Konstantinos Tsetsos (auth), Erica Yu (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Decision Making; Belief; data-generating process; Evidence Accumulation; Problem Solving
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

At the core of the many debates throughout cognitive science concerning how decisions are made are the processes governing the time course of preference formation and decision. From perceptual choices, such as whether the signal on a radar screen indicates an enemy missile or a spot on a CT scan ind...