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We have built a neuronal model of decision making. Our model performs a decision based on an imperfect discrimination between highly mixed stimuli, and expresses it with a saccadic eye movement, like real living beings. We use populations of integrate-and-fire neurons.
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Gaillard, B., Feng, J., Buxton, H. (2007). Neuronal Model of Decision Making. In: Feng, J., Jost, J., Qian, M. (eds) Networks: From Biology to Theory. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-780-0_5
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