Yang Yun-Yen, Delgado Mauricio R
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall-Room 301, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 13;15(1):1789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85577-z.
The belief that we can exert an influence in our environment is dependent on distinct components of perceived control. Here, we investigate the neural representations that differentially code for self-efficacy (belief in successfully executing a behavior) and response-efficacy (belief that the behavior leads to an expected outcome) and how such signals may be integrated to inform decision-making. Participants provided confidence ratings related to executing a behavior (self-efficacy), and the potential for a rewarding outcome (response-efficacy). Computational modeling was used to measure the subjective weight of self-efficacy and response-efficacy while making decisions and to examine the neural mechanisms of perceived control computation. While participants factored in both self-efficacy and response-efficacy during decision-making, we observed that integration of these two components was dependent on neural responses within the vmPFC, OFC and striatum. Further, the dlPFC was observed to assign importance to self-efficacy and response-efficacy in specific trials, while dACC computed the trade-off between both components, taking into account individual differences. These findings highlight the contributions of perceived control components in decision-making, and identify key neural pathways involved in computing perceived control.
我们能够对自身环境施加影响这一信念取决于感知控制的不同组成部分。在此，我们研究了对自我效能（即相信能够成功执行某种行为）和反应效能（即相信该行为会导致预期结果）进行差异编码的神经表征，以及这些信号如何整合以指导决策。参与者提供了与执行某种行为（自我效能）以及获得奖励性结果的可能性（反应效能）相关的信心评级。计算建模用于测量决策过程中自我效能和反应效能的主观权重，并研究感知控制计算的神经机制。虽然参与者在决策过程中同时考虑了自我效能和反应效能，但我们观察到这两个组成部分的整合取决于腹内侧前额叶皮质（vmPFC）、眶额皮质（OFC）和纹状体内的神经反应。此外，观察到背外侧前额叶皮质（dlPFC）在特定试验中赋予自我效能和反应效能重要性，而背侧前扣带回皮质（dACC）则在考虑个体差异的情况下计算这两个组成部分之间的权衡。这些发现突出了感知控制组成部分在决策中的作用，并确定了参与计算感知控制的关键神经通路。
