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Eyes on the prize: a neural basis of perceptual choking under pressure
Megan McDonnell, Adithya Narayan Chandrasekaran, Chris S Ki…·Steven M. Chase
This study investigates how rare rewards affect performance and neural activity in rhesus monkeys during a color change detection task, finding detrimental changes in V4 population activity linked to perceptual choking.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.30.755534