Attractive serial dependence arises during decision-making

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Authors: Jiangang Shan¹, Jasper E Hajonides^2,3, Nicholas E Myers⁴

Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison (United States); University of Oxford (United Kingdom); Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (United Kingdom); University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

Journal: n/a, volume 23, issue 8, article e3003333

Dates: received 30 November 2024; accepted 23 July 2025; published online 22 August 2025

Type: Research article · Language: English

License: none stated

Identifiers: DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003333 · PMCID PMC12393773 · OpenAlex W4413425900

Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)

Status: data only

Categories: MEG (modality), human (organism), cognitive (subfield)

Methods: Spectral & time-frequency, Connectivity, Statistics, Smoothing, state filtering, decompositions, Machine learning, Preprocessing, fMRI & imaging, Physiology & signal measures

MeSH: Decision Making*, Memory, Short-Term*, Mental Recall*, Adult, Bayes Theorem, Brain, Female, Humans, Magnetoencephalography, Male, Young Adult (* major topic)

Topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex

Funding: Wellcome Trust (201409/Z/16/Z/, 201409/Z/16/Z, 092760/Z/10/Z, 203139/Z/16/Z); NIMH NIH HHS (R01 MH131678); Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (MH131678)

Citations: cited by 2 papers (Europe PMC); 49 references in the paper

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Shan, J., Hajonides, J. E., & Myers, N. E. (2025). Attractive serial dependence arises during decision-making. PLOS Biology, 23(8), e3003333. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003333

BibTeX

@article{shan2025attractive, author = {Shan, Jiangang and Hajonides, Jasper E and Myers, Nicholas E}, title = {{Attractive serial dependence arises during decision-making}}, journal = {PLOS Biology}, year = {2025}, volume = {23}, number = {8}, pages = {e3003333}, publisher = {PLOS}, issn = {1544-9173}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3003333}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003333}, pmcid = {PMC12393773} }

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