title: Brain networks of perceptual decision-making: an fMRI ALE meta-analysis.
abstract: In the recent perceptual decision-making literature, a fronto-parietal network is typically reported to primarily represent the neural substrate of human perceptual decision-making. However, the view that only cortical areas are involved in perceptual decision-making has been challenged by several neurocomputational models which all argue that the basal ganglia play an essential role in perceptual decisions. To consolidate these different views, we conducted an Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) meta-analysis on the existing neuroimaging literature. The results argue in favor of the involvement of a frontal-parietal network in general perceptual decision-making that is possibly complemented by the basal ganglia, and modulated in substantial parts by task difficulty. In contrast, expectation of reward, an important aspect of many decision-making processes, shows almost no overlap with the general perceptual decision-making network.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science, Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Max C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Keuken
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science, Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller-Axt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany ; Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1) Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany ; Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1) Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Simon B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Eickhoff
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science, Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Birte U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Forstmann
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany ; Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neumann
keywords: decision-making; fronto-parietal-basal ganglia; meta-analysis