Nathan Faivre

Dec 11, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Michael Pereira |Nathan Faivre |Fosco Bernasconi |Nicholas J. Brandmeir

AbstractSubcortical brain structures such as the basal ganglia or the thalamus are involved in regulating motor and cognitive behavior. However, their contribution to perceptual consciousness is still unclear, due to the inherent difficulties of recording subcortical neuronal activity in humans.

Sep 6, 2023 | nature.com | Michael Pereira |Nathan Faivre |Marika Constant

AbstractAccording to Bayesian models, both decisions and confidence are based on the same precision-weighted integration of prior expectations (“priors”) and incoming information (“likelihoods”). This assumes that priors are integrated optimally and equally in decisions and confidence, which has not been tested. In three experiments, we quantify how priors inform decisions and confidence.