Decision making in dynamically evolving, naturalistic environments
Professor Laurence Hunt
Departmental Seminar Series Hybrid event
Monday, 25 November 2024, 2pm to 3pm
Seminar Rooms, 2nd floor New Radcliffe House, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Jericho
Hosted by Matthew Rushworth
ABSTRACT
Huge progress has been made in developing theoretical models of choice that jointly account for both behavioural and neural data. However, certain aspects of decision making that arise in naturalistic environments have been given less attention by cognitive neuroscience to date. For example, decision making in real-world settings is rarely confined to discrete trials; it contains many intermediate ‘information sampling’ decisions about what to attend to as the decision unfolds; and it often requires the decision-maker to actively navigate and explore the environment. These features all introduce unique challenges for the design and analysis of cognitive neuroscience experiments, but once they are accounted for, they can provide a new perspective on the neural representations that support adaptive behaviour. I will discuss recent neurophysiological experiments that address some of these challenges.
TO JOIN THE TALK
This is a hybrid event. The seminar will be held at the Seminar Room, New Radcliffe House (2nd Floor) but can also be followed on Zoom.
You can access the Zoom link via OxTalks at Decision making in dynamically evolving, naturalistic environments - Oxford Talks or, email us at hod.office@psy.ox.ac.uk to request the zoom details