Time-varying perturbations can distinguish among integrate-to-threshold models for perceptual decision-making in reaction time tasks

Details Time-varying perturbations can distinguish among integrate-to-threshold models for perceptual decision-making in reaction time tasks Time-varying perturbations can distinguish among integrate-to-threshold models for perceptual decision-making in reaction time tasks

2009-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/0901.2173v1

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Quantitative Biology

Neurons and Cognition

32 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in Neural Computation

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Several integrate-to-threshold models with differing temporal integration mechanisms have been proposed to describe the accumulation of sensory evidence to a prescribed level prior to motor response in perceptual decision-making tasks. An experiment and simulation studies have shown that the introduction of time-varying perturbations during integration may distinguish among some of these models. Here, we present computer simulations and mathematical proofs that provide more rigorous comparisons among one-dimensional stochastic differential equation models. Using two perturbation protocols and focusing on the resulting changes in the means and standard deviations of decision times, we show that, for high signal-to-noise ratios, drift-diffusion models with constant and time-varying drift rates can be distinguished from Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, but not necessarily from each other. The protocols can also distinguish stable from unstable Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, and we show that a nonlinear integrator can be distinguished from these linear models by changes in standard deviations. The protocols can be implemented in behavioral experiments.

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