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Drift-Diffusion Decision Model

Interactive 3D drift-diffusion model of decision-making: watch parallel noisy evidence accumulators race toward a choice boundary, tune drift rate, boundary separation, noise and starting bias, and compare simulated accuracy/RT against the analytic gambler's-ruin prediction.

Cognitive Science3DModerate60 FPS
psychological-simulations ↗ Open standalone

Forty independent evidence accumulators race in parallel toward one of two decision boundaries, each following the drift-diffusion model — the mathematical account of how the brain turns a noisy stream of evidence into a fast, discrete choice. Every racer takes its own noisy path: some run straight for the boundary while others wander and even reverse, exactly as reaction-time data from real perceptual and memory decisions look. Tune the drift rate, boundary separation, noise and starting bias to explore the speed-accuracy tradeoff live, and watch the simulated accuracy converge on the closed-form "gambler's ruin" prediction from the theory.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch 40 parallel noisy evidence accumulators race toward a choice boundary in this interactive 3D drift-diffusion model, the standard account of how the brain converts noisy evidence into fast two-alternative decisions.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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