Brain systems associated
with violations of expectation:
Contextual uncertainty modulates activity in a
prefrontal-parietal network
Executive Control of
Behavior
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Experimental Hypothesis
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Does subjects’ behavior
track contextual uncertainty?
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Does fMRI activity in dlPFC,
parietal cortex, and related regions track contextual uncertainty?
Uncertainty-Dependent
Activity
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Uncertainty-Independent
Activity
Task-related Decreases
Reward Uncertainty
Summary
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Collaborators