From decision to action: Detailed modelling of frog tadpoles reveals neuronal mechanisms of decision-making and reproduces unpredictable swimming movements in response to sensory signals

• Andrea Ferrario ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: A.A.Ferrario@exeter.ac.uk

  Affiliation College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9082-1555

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• Andrey Palyanov,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1108-1486

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• Stella Koutsikou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-3637

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• Wenchang Li,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Steve Soffe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-7423

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• Alan Roberts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Roman Borisyuk

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, the Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1384-9057

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