Frontopolar theta oscillations link metacognition with prospective decision making.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 06 2021
Historique:
received: 15 07 2020
accepted: 26 05 2021
entrez: 25 6 2021
pubmed: 26 6 2021
medline: 13 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Prospective decision making considers the future consequences of actions and therefore requires agents to represent their present subjective preferences reliably across time. Here, we test the link of frontopolar theta oscillations to both metacognitive ability and prospective choice behavior. We target these oscillations with transcranial alternating current stimulation while participants make decisions between smaller-sooner and larger-later monetary rewards and rate their choice confidence after each decision. Stimulation designed to enhance frontopolar theta oscillations increases metacognitive accuracy in reports of subjective uncertainty in intertemporal decisions. Moreover, the stimulation also enhances the willingness of participants to restrict their future access to short-term gratification by strengthening the awareness of potential preference reversals. Our results suggest a mechanistic link between frontopolar theta oscillations and metacognitive knowledge about the stability of subjective value representations, providing a potential explanation for why frontopolar cortex also shields prospective decision making against future temptation.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34168135
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24197-3
pii: 10.1038/s41467-021-24197-3
pmc: PMC8225860
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

3943

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Auteurs

Alexander Soutschek (A)

Department for Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. alexander.soutschek@psy.lmu.de.

Marius Moisa (M)

Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Christian C Ruff (CC)

Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Zurich Center for Neuroscience, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Philippe N Tobler (PN)

Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Zurich Center for Neuroscience, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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