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Background:

  • Perceptual decision-making models explore how evidence influences choices.
  • Key models include the diffusion model (evidence accumulation) and urgency-gating model (recency bias).

Purpose of the Study:

  • Empirically compare the diffusion model and urgency-gating model.
  • Determine whether perceptual decisions rely on accumulating or recent evidence.

Main Methods:

  • Model-based qualitative and quantitative comparisons.
  • Empirical data analysis to test model predictions.

Main Results:

  • Findings support the diffusion model's predictions.
  • Evidence accumulation without significant decay is favored over recency-based decision-making.
  • Data patterns contradict the urgency-gating model.

Conclusions:

  • The diffusion model better explains perceptual decision-making.
  • Evidence accumulation is a more robust mechanism than relying solely on recent information.
  • Discusses the utility of qualitative predictions in quantitative model evaluation.