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Context and Value Encoding in the Orbitofrontal Cortex: Investigating the Representational Geometry of the OFC

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Growing bodies of research emphasize the importance of representing both context and expected value (EV) in support of flexible behavior. Both representations have been pinned ...
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2019
Contributors:
Jones, Henry (creator) Badre, David (thesis advisor) Festa, Elena (reader) Brown University. Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
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Decision making
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Decision-Related Feedback Influences the Structure of Correlated Variability in Visual Cortex

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Sensory neurons exhibit unpredictable spiking responses to fixed sensory input. Some of this response variability is correlated between neuronal pairs. This correlated variability (spike-count correlation; ...
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2015
Contributors:
Bondy, Adrian G (creator) Cumming, Bruce (Director) Wurtz, Robert (Reader) Sheinberg, David (Reader) Shadlen, Michael (Reader) Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
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neural coding neural decoding neural encoding Choice Probability differential correlations V1 noise correlations psychophysical reverse correlation macaque psychophysics Decision making Visual cortex
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Egocentrism and perspective taking in dilemmas of trust

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In a dilemma of trust, decision making involves two competing concerns: the egocentric evaluation of potential outcomes and understanding the other party’s point of view. ...
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2012
Contributors:
Evans, Anthony M (creator) Krueger, Joachim (Director) Wright, Jack (Reader) Dal Bo, Pedro (Reader) Brown University. Psychology (sponsor)
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behavioral economics trust and reciprocity Economics--Psychological aspects Decision making
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Ethical Reflexivity as a Practice of International Politics

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This dissertation inquires into discourses of ethics among the actors of international politics, and seeks to build an ethical practice that recognizes the interpretive powers ...
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2011
Contributors:
Amoureux, Jacque L (creator) Biersteker, Thomas (Director) Der Derian, James (Director) Krause, Sharon (Reader) Onuf, Nicholas (Reader) Brown University. Political Science (sponsor)
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reflexivity reflection critical rationality ethical relations global governance agency ethical agency structure Foucault Giddens international ethics international organizations foreign policy decision-making Critical theory International relations Decision making United Nations International Committee of the Red Cross
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Maternal Body Mass Index and Cesarean Delivery: Addressing "Too Much Too Soon" in the Context of Obesity

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Background: Obesity in pregnancy increases obstetric risk. Cesarean delivery (CD) can provide maternal-fetal benefit when medically indicated, but unnecessary use of CD is detrimental for ...
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2019
Contributors:
Glazer, Kimberly B (creator) Savitz, David (Advisor) Field, Alison (Reader) Werner, Erika (Reader) Dahabreh, Issa (Reader) Danilack, Valery (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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Epidemiology Obesity Decision making Labor, Induced (Obstetrics) Cesarean section Cesarean section--Prevention Cesarean section--Complications Delivery (Obstetrics) Obstetrics Labor (Obstetrics)--Complications
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Motivated Reasoning in a Community of Knowledge

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Though we all have access to a world of knowledge in the palms of our hands, people today are becoming increasingly unlikely to engage with ...
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2019
Contributors:
Orringer, Matthew (creator) Sloman, Steven (thesis advisor) Johnson, Mark (reader) Brown University. Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
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Cognitive science Decision making Social psychology Psychology
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Self-Enhancement Bias and Error: Measurement, Perception, and Motivation

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Abstract of Self-Enhancement Bias and Error: Measurement, Perception, and Motivation, by Patrick R. Heck, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2017. Self-enhancement is characterized by the robust ...
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2017
Contributors:
Heck, Patrick Ryan (creator) Krueger, Joachim (Advisor) Malle, Bertram (Reader) Cushman, Fiery (Reader) Brown University. Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
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Decision making Social Judgment Social perception Self-Knowledge Social psychology
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The dynamic interplay between target size perception and visually-guided action

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Key functions of human vision are the perception of one’s environment and interaction with it. Here we investigate the relation between visual perception and visually-guided ...
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2019
Contributors:
Gamble, Christine Marie (creator) Song, Joo-Hyun (Advisor) Warren, William (Reader) Watanabe, Takeo (Reader) Brown University. Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
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Decision making Visual perception Cognitive neuroscience visually-guided action Saccadic eye movements Hand--Movements
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