title: When is the time for a change? Decomposing dynamic learning rates.
abstract: Humans flexibly weight incoming evidence when updating beliefs and adjusting behavior. In the current issue of Neuron, McGuire et al. (2014) show how distinct neuronal correlates of main factors underlying this weighting converge on a common mechanism driving belief updates.
authors.affiliation: Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Psychology II, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Adrian G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.affiliation: Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Institute of Psychology II, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, 6525 Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. Electronic address: markus.ullsperger@ovgu.de.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ullsperger
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012201:Reward; D035501:Uncertainty