Table 2 Defined variables

From: Neuronal evidence for good-based economic decisions under variable action costs

 

Collapsed variable

Variable

Definition

Reference frame

1

Offer value (juice)

Offer value A

ρ #A + ξ δjuice A,+

Commodity

2

 

Offer value B

#B + ξ δjuice B,+

Commodity

3

 

Chosen juice

1 if juice B is chosen, 0 if juice A is chosen

Commodity

4

Offer value (cost)

Offer value −

Offer value A if A is high-cost, offer value B if B is high-cost

Cost

5

 

Offer value +

Offer value A if A is low-cost, offer value B if B is low-cost

Cost

6

 

Chosen cost

1 if low-cost offer is chosen, 0 if high-cost offer is chosen

Cost

7

Offer value (location)

Offer value L

Value of the juice offered on the left

Visual

8

 

Offer value R

Value of the juice offered on the right

Visual

9

 

Chosen location

1 if left offer is chosen, 0 if right offer is chosen

Visual

10

Offer value (target)

Offer value target L

Value of the juice associated with target in the left hemifield

Action

11

 

Offer value target R

Value of the juice associated with target in the right hemifield

Action

12

 

Chosen target

1 if saccade to left hemifield, 0 if saccade to right hemifield

Action

13

 

Cost of A

1 if offer A is low-cost, 0 if offer A is high-cost

 

14

 

Offer A location

1 if juice A is offered on left, 0 if juice A is offered on right

 

15

 

Target A location

1 if target A is in left hemifield, 0 if target A is in right hemifield

 

16

 

Offer + location

1 if low-cost offer is on the left, 0 if low-cost offer is on the right

 

17

 

Target + location

1 if low-cost target is in the left hemifield, 0 otherwise

 

18

 

Spatial congruence

1 if offers and targets are spatially congruent, 0 otherwise

 

19

 

Chosen value

Offer value A if juice A chosen, offer value B if juice B chosen

 
  1. In any given trial, #A and #B were, respectively, the quantities of juice A and juice B offered to the animal, ρ was the relative value of the two juices, and ξ was the action cost. Parameters ρ and ξ were obtained from the logistic regression (Eq. 1). The variable spatial congruence was set = 1 ( = 0) if the offer and the saccade target associated with a given juice were presented in the same (opposite) hemifield