Compare first, evaluate later: upending the neuroscience of choice

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In standard models of economic choice, we evaluate each option separately and then compare their values. A new study by Perkins and Rich shows that, in orbitofrontal cortex, we compare before evaluating, challenging standard theories about how we choose.

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