Task dependence of odor discrimination: choosing between speed and accuracy

Odor discrimination is a complex task that may be improved by increasing sampling time to facilitate evidence accumulation. However, experiments testing this phenomenon in olfaction have produced conflicting results. To resolve this disparity Frederick et al. (Journal of Neuroscience 1797-16, 2017) conducted experiments that suggest that sampling time and performance are task-dependent. Their findings have implications for understanding olfactory processing and experimental design, specifically the effect of subtle differences in experimental design on study results.

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