Article
Clinical Neurology
Yoshiko Kojima, Leo Ling, James O. Phillips
Summary: This study demonstrates, for the first time, the presence of compensatory covert saccades in monkeys with vestibular impairments.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Mehrangiz Ashiri, Brian Lithgow, Abdelbaset Suleiman, Behzad Mansouri, Zahra Moussavi
Summary: The study examined the vestibular responses to horizontal pursuit and saccadic eye movements in healthy individuals using Electrovestibulography. Results showed that both pursuit and saccadic eye movements inhibited the activity of the central and peripheral vestibular system, possibly to limit the vestibulo-ocular reflex and optokinetic response. The insensitivity of the vestibular system to saccade directions provides evidence on bilateral efferent projections to the vestibular afferent and hair cells.
BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Norihiro Okada, Tomoki Yamagami, Nicolas Chauvet, Yusuke Ito, Mikio Hasegawa, Makoto Naruse
Summary: This study presents a theoretical model to explain why decision-making is accelerated by correlated time series. The effectiveness of the model is confirmed through experiments, leading to optimal system design.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Raymundo Ramirez-Pedraza, Felix Ramos
Summary: Every person has to make decisions to resolve situations that arise in life, which can be influenced by various factors. Cognitive Architectures can simulate human intelligence and behavior to meet physiological needs. The decision-making process plays a critical role in determining objectives and selecting objects to satisfy needs.
COGNITIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Miriam Spering
Summary: This review discusses the history and significance of eye movements as indicators of decision-making processes. Eye movement metrics provide valuable information about the efficiency of instruction evaluation, timing and duration of decision formation, expected reward, accuracy, prediction, and confidence of decisions. The continuous nature of eye movements offers an exciting opportunity to explore decision processes in real-time, without invasive methods.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF VISION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Marcos Maroto-Gomez, Alvaro Castro-Gonzalez, Maria Malfaz, Miguel Angel Salichs
Summary: This paper presents a Decision-Making System for social robots that replicates how human behavior emerges in the robot and personalizes the interaction to maintain user engagement. The system was evaluated in terms of usability, performance metrics, and user perceptions, and received excellent ratings from participants.
COMPLEX & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Caroline Giuricich, Robert J. Green, Heather Jordan, Mazyar Fallah
Summary: Saccade planning and execution are influenced by various factors in a target selection task. The similarity between a target and nearby distractors affects the curvature of saccade trajectories due to target-distractor competition. By manipulating the distance and similarity of complex target and distractor objects, this study investigates their effects on human saccade trajectories and reveals the role of spatial and object-based suppressive surrounds. The findings demonstrate that saccade trajectories reflect ongoing target-distractor competition, which is influenced by both spatial and object space suppressive surrounds.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Amir Reza Bakhshi Lomer, Mahdi Rezaeian, Hamid Rezaei, Akbar Lorestani, Naeim Mijani, Mohammadreza Mahdad, Ahmad Raeisi, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani
Summary: This study presents a novel risk-based decision support system that helps disaster risk management planners select the best locations for emergency shelters after an earthquake. The system identifies important criteria based on stakeholder analysis, determines their weights through a Large Group Decision-Making (LGDM) model, and assesses the suitability of different locations using the Ordered Weighted Average (OWA) method. Factors such as distance from the fault, population density, access to green spaces, and building quality were found to be significant in selecting the best emergency shelters.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Beizhen Zhang, Janis Ying Ying Kan, Mingpo Yang, Xiaochun Wang, Jiahao Tu, Michael Christopher Dorris
Summary: The study identifies a neural mechanism within the superior colliculus that directly transforms absolute values into categorical choices, which supports highly efficient value-based decision making critical for real-world economic behaviors.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Devin H. Kehoe, Jennifer Lewis, Mazyar Fallah
Summary: The study indicates that oculomotor vector representations may originate from specialized visual modules with longer onset latencies for features, suggesting a potential contribution to the discrimination of visual targets during oculomotor processes.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shacara N. N. Blake, Jacqueline G. G. Hugtenburg, Manon van der Vlugt, Evelien Dekker, Mirjam P. P. Fransen
Summary: During the first year of the CRC screening program on Curacao, only 20% of invitees participated. The study revealed that the target population had limited awareness of CRC screening and the procedure involved. Most respondents viewed the provision of the screening program positively and preferred to make independent decisions about participation. Personalized approaches, visual aids, and media were the preferred sources of information.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Simona Sinko, Enej Marinic, Blaz Poljanec, Matevz Obrecht, Brigita Gajsek
Summary: This article proposes a method for selecting real-time location systems based on Ultra-wideband technology and provides advanced guidelines for choosing the most suitable UWB RTLS for specific logistics systems, aiming to improve performance and business sustainability indicators.
Review
Biology
Zhao Zeng, Ce Zhang, Yong Gu
Summary: Multi-sensory decision making (MSDM) is crucial for making accurate decisions in complex environments. Recent research in computational theory, psychophysical behavior, and neurophysiology has made significant progress in understanding MSDM. By studying a visuo-vestibular heading model system, researchers have uncovered the complex temporal dynamics of vestibular signals in various brain regions, challenging the brain's ability to integrate cues across time and sensory modalities. Moreover, new evidence from higher-level decision-related areas has revised our understanding of how signals from different sensory modalities are processed and accumulated to form a unified perceptual decision.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xuanpeng Yin, Xuanhua Xu, Bin Pan
Summary: Different strategies can be applied in large group emergency decision-making, and reasonable decision-making strategy selection can effectively control decision-making risk. By comparing the decision-making risk degree of each decision-making strategy under different conditions, universal rules for strategy selection can be obtained.
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Andrew J. Anderson, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Imran Noorani, R. H. S. Carpenter
Summary: The study found that different oculomotor decision-making tasks have a common machinery in predicting prosaccadic responses, but prolonged latencies were identified in the countermanding tasks, possibly explained by elevated participant caution.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Sebastian J. Lehmann, Brian D. Corneil
Summary: Brain stimulation is a fundamental method in neuroscience, and non-invasive brain stimulation techniques are widely used in research. However, there is still a lack of understanding about how non-invasive brain stimulation affects neural activity and its relationship with behavior. Non-human primate models provide a valuable tool to address this gap and the oculomotor network offers an ideal platform to test hypotheses about brain and behavioral changes caused by brain stimulation.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Sarah L. Kearsley, Aaron L. Cecala, Rebecca A. Kozak, Brian D. Corneil
Summary: When required, humans can generate rapid arm responses toward visual targets, and this study found that these responses are generated bilaterally through both the tecto-reticulo-spinal tract and the reticulospinal tract. The magnitude of the express arm response is correlated with the level of anticipatory activity.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Esther Aarts, Agnes Akkerman, Mareike Altgassen, Ronald Bartels, Debby Beckers, Kirsten Bevelander, Erik Bijleveld, Esmeralda Blaney Davidson, Annemarie Boleij, Janita Bralten, Toon Cillessen, Jurgen Claassen, Roshan Cools, Ineke Cornelissen, Martin Dresler, Thijs Eijsvogels, Myrthe Faber, Guillen Fernandez, Bernd Figner, Matthias Fritsche, Sascha Fuellbrunn, Surya Gayet, Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder, Marcel van Gerven, Sabine Geurts, Corina U. Greven, Martine U. Groefsema, Koen Haak, Peter Hagoort, Yvonne Hartman, Beatrice van der Heijden, Erno Hermans, Vivian Heuvelmans, Florian Hintz, Janet den Hollander, Anneloes M. Hulsman, Sebastian M. Idesis, Martin Jaeger, Esther Janse, Joost Janzing, Roy P. C. Kessels, Johan C. Karremans, Willemien C. de Kleijn, Marieke Klein, Floris Klumpers, Nils Kohn, Hubert Korzilius, Bas Krahmer, Floris de Lange, Judith van Leeuwen, Huaiyu Liu, Maartje Luijten, Peggy Manders, Katerina Manevska, Jose P. Marques, Jon Matthews, James M. McQueen, Pieter Medendorp, Rene Melis, Antje Meyer, Joukje Oosterman, Lucy Overbeek, Marius Peelen, Jean Popma, Geert Postma, Karin Roelofs, Yvonne G. T. van Rossenberg, Gabi Schaap, Paul Scheepers, Luc Selen, Marianne Starren, Dorine W. Swinkels, Indira W. Tendolkar, Dick Thijssen, Hans Timmerman, Rayyan Tutunji, Anil Tuladhar, Harm Veling, Maaike Verhagen, Jasper Verkroost, Jacqueline Vink, Vivian Vriezekolk, Janna Vrijsen, Jana Vyrastekova, Selina van der Wal, Roel Willems, Arthur Willemsen, Arthur Willemsen
Article
Neurosciences
Sophie C. M. J. Willemsen, Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes, Robert J. Van Beers, Mathieu Koppen, W. Pieter Medendorp
Summary: This study investigates the prior effect in multisensory integration of spatial orientation and finds that the Gaussian prior provides a better explanation for perceptual observations. The experiment also verifies that the natural statistics of head orientation have long tails, which can be quantified by a t-location-scale distribution.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medical Informatics
Liliana Rincon-Gonzalez, Wendy K. D. Selig, Brett Hauber, Shelby D. Reed, Michelle E. Tarver, Shomesh E. Chaudhuri, Andrew W. Lo, Dean Bruhn-Ding, Barry Liden
Summary: The use of robust tools to measure patient perspectives can help researchers and regulators evaluate what matters most to patients and support the development of products that best meet patient needs. This paper provides a review of considerations and opportunities for utilizing patient preference information (PPI) in clinical trial design, along with future directions to enhance this field.
THERAPEUTIC INNOVATION & REGULATORY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Erik Verhaar, W. Pieter Medendorp, Sabine Hunnius, Janny C. Stapel
Summary: The study examined the development of online reach control in infants aged six and eleven months. Infants reached for a toy while their hand position was tracked, and the toy was either stationary or unexpectedly displaced during the reach. The results showed that both age groups adjusted their reaching movements in the direction of the displacement, but the 11-month-old infants made adjustments within a single movement unit while the 6-month-olds required multiple movement units. This suggests that the reach control system develops a rudimentary replanning capacity by 6 months of age, which further develops into a more sophisticated mechanism by 11 months.
Article
Neurosciences
Judith L. Rudolph, Luc P. J. Selen, W. Pieter Medendorp
Summary: Generalization in motor learning refers to the transfer of learned compensation to other relevant contexts. This study aimed to experimentally examine the time-dependent contributions of different adaptive processes to generalization. Results showed a continuum of evidence for plan-referenced to motion-referenced updating among participants.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Lonneke Teunissen, Luc P. J. Selen, W. Pieter Medendorp
Summary: Motor costs influence movement selection. These costs can change when movements are adapted in response to errors. External attribution of errors leads to the selection of a different control policy, while internal attribution initially only evokes online corrections.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Johannes Keyser, W. Pieter Medendorp, Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes, Luc P. J. Selen
Summary: The motor system corrects reaching movements based on estimated limb state, taking into account the task constraints. Visual and proprioceptive signals are initially processed separately and only later combined into a single state estimate at the motor output level.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Luke E. Miller, Felix Jarto, W. Pieter Medendorp
Summary: This study aimed to determine the sensory horizon of the human haptic modality. It found that the haptic perception can extend beyond body space up to 6 meters.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Luc P. J. Selen, Brian D. Corneil, W. Pieter Medendorp
Summary: Contemporary motor control theories propose competition between multiple motor plans before the winning command is executed. This study shows that muscle activity during immediate response reach task is influenced by the nonchosen target and reveals different phases of directionally tuned activity, indicating an evolution in how the nonchosen target influences muscle activity.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Lucas S. Billen, Brian D. Corneil, Vivian Weerdesteyn
Summary: This study investigates the interaction between stepping-related EVRs and anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs) in the lower limbs. The results suggest that the expression of lower-limb EVRs is normally suppressed when postural stability is low, and failing to appropriately suppress EVRs disrupts postural stability and leads to longer stepping reaction times.