A probabilistic model of eye movements in concept formation

Neurocomputing

Volumn 70, Issue 13-15, 2007, Pages 2256-2272

  Nelson, Jonathan D ^a   Cottrell, Garrison W ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian reasoning; Concept formation; Information theory; Intuitive statistics; Optimal experimental design; Saccadic eye movement

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN REASONING; INTUITIVE STATISTICS; OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34249701214     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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