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Dan Feuerriegel @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

New article in The Conversation @theconversation.com by Lauren Fong about her recent work on preference-driven decisions! Featuring some tough choices between baked goods. (Journal article quoted below) theconversation.com/are-we-ever-... @psychunimelb.bsky.social @paulmgarrett.bsky.social

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Are we ever truly free to make decisions? New study tracks a universal process in the brain

Your brain is constantly gathering evidence for making decisions – even when there’s only one option to pick from.

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Paul M. Garrett @paulmgarrett.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

When memories feels lost, they may not be gone — just too fuzzy to recall precisely. New work featured in The Conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/x2h2 Published @ ComBrainBehav rdcu.be/e8SLX w/ @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social, @daniellittle.bsky.social, Philip Smith & Anthony Lua Breakdown below. 1/n

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Gone but not forgotten: how fuzzy memories improve decision-making

New research shows even wrong memories leave a fuzzy trace that supports recognition and improves decision-making.

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Dan Feuerriegel @danfeuerriegel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Interested in how we make preference-driven decisions, and how this is implemented in the brain? We report that neural correlates of evidence accumulation (CPP, Mu/Beta) are also observed during value-based decisions. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Led by @laurencf.bsky.social (Lauren Fong) 1/n

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Tracing the neural trajectories of evidence accumulation and motor preparation processes during voluntary decisions

Voluntary decisions have previously been described by where they arise in the brain and how actions corresponding to one's choice are prepared. However, the processes by which these internally guided ...

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