The brain's parietal cortex seems to orchestrate decision-making without single neurons performing 'solos'. Rather, decision-specific motifs emerge as highly organized sequences of short-lived neuronal activity. See Article p.62
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Dias-Ferreira, E., Costa, R. The symphony of choice. Nature 484, 42–43 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/484042a
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