title: Multisensory Conflict Resolution: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
abstract: Swift action is often required in the face of indeterminate sensory evidence. In this issue of Neuron, Song et al. (2017) describe an inhibitory circuit in the posterior parietal cortex that evaluates conflicting auditory and visual cues and supports resolute perceptual decision making.
authors.affiliation: Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: daniel_polley@meei.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Polley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*