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- Research by McGinty et al. in Neuron shows that attention plays a role in linking the value of options during economic decisions.
- The activity of orbitofrontal neurons changes significantly based on how far a person's gaze is from a reward-related target.
- This suggests that where we look can influence our perception of the value of different choices.
Article Abstract
Research published in this issue of Neuron from McGinty et al. (2016) suggests that attention may help bind information about value to specific options in economic choice. Responses of orbitofrontal neurons are strongly modulated by the distance from gaze to the position of a reward-predicting target.
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