Intro 4. Data-driven methodology to find brain/body signatures associated with decision modulation
Because arousal can correspond to multiple different ecological responses, physiological arousal by itself is not a good predictor of an animal’s decision. Generally arousal is measured directly via heart-rate, however in the literature ‘arousal’ is often operationally defined as or measured by heart rate alone. Arousal, in terms of how it impacts decisions under threat, is a combination of a host of biological and neural factors that result in the decision. An agent tracking the threat level of an environment should integrate