Neuroscience: Impaired Decision-Making in Parkinson's Disease

Damian M Herz; Rafal Bogacz; Peter Brown

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.075

Neuroscience: Impaired Decision-Making in Parkinson's Disease

Curr Biol. 2016 Jul 25;26(14):R671-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.075.

Authors

Damian M Herz¹, Rafal Bogacz², Peter Brown³

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TH, UK; Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

When making decisions we combine previously acquired knowledge with the available current information to optimize our choices. A new study shows that Parkinson patients are impaired in using their prior knowledge leading to suboptimal decisions when current information is ambiguous.

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Choice Behavior
Decision Making*
Humans
Neurosciences
Parkinson Disease*

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