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Neural Representations of Sensory Uncertainty and Confidence Are Associated with Perceptual Curiosity
M. Cohanpour, M. Aly, et al.
Curiosity peaks when confidence is low: fMRI of participants identifying distorted images reveals that a multivariate sensory signal in occipitotemporal cortex (captured as “OTC Certainty”) negatively correlates with curiosity, while vmPFC and ACC activity track confidence and mediate the link. Research conducted by Michael Cohanpour, Mariam Aly, and Jacqueline Gottlieb.
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