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Adaptive problem solving in the primate frontal cortex

2026-05-06

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Humans solve problems adaptively by selecting strategies suited to the situation. For example, when missing the bus to an appointment, we may wait for the next bus, call a taxi, cancel, or reschedule depending on the circumstances. Yet the neural and computational principles that support such flexible problem solving remain poorly understood. To address this question, we designed a moderately complex decision task...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.04.722785

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