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An existing spiking neural network (SNN) model attempts to simulate DM holistically, however it does not take advantage of the significant role of inhibition at the neural level as a possible mechanism underlying DM. To address this limitation, we propose to examine the impact of neural inhibition on decision strategy selection in value-based DM using the mentioned model. In this study we outline the methodology and perform successful in-silico validation of the inhibition hypothesis with the SNN model of DM. To perform the simulation, we use a well-studied multi-attribute choice task and we validate simulation results against human behavioral data. The inhibition model achieved approximately 17% lower mean prediction error than the no-inhibition model (0.55 vs. 0.67) when evaluated on held-out, compensatory-condition data not used for fitting (Wilcoxon signed-rank test,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.009,\n                    <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.55), with no significant difference observed in the condition used for fitting. 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