Confidence controls perceptual evidence accumulation
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Perceptual decisions are accompanied by feelings of confidence that reflect the likelihood that the decision was correct. Here we aim to clarify the relationship between perception and confidence by studying the same perceptual task across three different confidence contexts. Human observers were asked to categorize the source of sequentially presented visual stimuli. Each additional stimulus provided evidence for making more accurate perceptual decisions, and better confidence judgements. We show that observers' ability to set appropriate evidence accumulation bounds for perceptual decisions is strongly predictive of their ability to make accurate confidence judgements. When observers were not permitted to control their exposure to evidence, they imposed covert bounds on their perceptual decisions but not on their confidence decisions. This partial dissociation between decision processes is reflected in behaviour and pupil dilation. Together, these findings suggest a confidence-regulated accumulation-to-bound process that controls perceptual decision-making even in the absence of explicit speed-accuracy trade-offs.
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Propositional confidence may emerge in parallel to the decision itself and may be used to shape the ongoing decision process, for instance controlling the termination of evidence accumulation or guiding the next step in a sequential decision.
“Interestingly, propositional confidence may emerge in parallel to the decision (or proposition) itself and may be used to shape the ongoing decision process-for instance, controlling the termination of evidence accumulation (Balsdon et al. 2020) or guiding the next step in a sequential decision (van den Berg et al. 2016b).”
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Evidence may be accumulated about particular sensory features (world-centered frame) and, simultaneously, about future or past choice correctness (self-centered frame), with the latter feeding back to set the bound on current or future sensory evidence accumulation.
“For instance, evidence may be accumulated about particular sensory features (world-centered frame of reference) and, simultaneously, about (future or past) choice correctness (self-centered frame of reference), with the latter feeding back to set the bound on current or future sensory evidence accumulation (Balsdon et al. 2020).”
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- Authors
- Balsdon, T., Wyart, V., & Mamassian, P.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Balsdon, Tarryn
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2020-04-09
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1753-1753
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7145794
- OpenAlex
- W3015873723
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 9.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-18-CE28-0015, ANR-10-IDEX-0001, ANR18, ANR-10-LABX-0087, ANR-18-CE28, ANR-10, ANR-10-LABX)
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (ANR-10-LABX-0087)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8248)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- perceptual confidence, perceptual decision making, evidence accumulation, confidence judgments, pupil dilation, speed-accuracy trade-off
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Psychological, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Visual Perception
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