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Reducing behavioral dimensions to study brain–environment interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2021

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David Thura*
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Lyon Neuroscience Research Center – ImpAct team, Inserm U1028 – CNRS UMR5292 – Lyon 1 University, 69676 Bron, France. david.thura@inserm.fr; davidthura.com
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Abstract

Movement vigor provides a window on action valuation. But what is vigor, and how to measure it in the first place? Strikingly, many different co-varying vigor-related metrics can be found in the literature. I believe this is because vigor, just like the neural circuits that determine it, is an integrated, low-dimensional parameter. As such, it can only be roughly estimated.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e135
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