Confidence Estimation as a Stochastic Process in a Neural Dynamical System of 1 Decision Making

Confidence Estimation as a Stochastic Process in a Neural Dynamical System of 1 Decision Making 2 3 Ziqiang Wei, and Xiao-Jing Wang 4 1. Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institutes, Ashburn, VA 5 20147, USA 6 2. The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University, 7 Baltimore, MD 21205, USA 8 3. Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 9 10003, USA 10 4. Department of Neurobiology and Kavli Institute of Neuroscience, Yale University 11 School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA 12 13 Corresponding to: X.-J.W. 14 Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 15 10003, USA 16 E-mail: [email protected] 17 Phone: 203-710-1305 18 19 Running head: Confidence Estimation in a Decision Neural Circuit 20 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (May 6, 2015). doi:10.1152/jn.00793.2014