Probability matching as a computational strategy used in perception

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Wozny, David R ^a,b   Beierholm, Ulrik R ^c   Shams, Ladan ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PROBABILITY;

AUDITORY-VISUAL; COGNITIVE TASK; COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES; GAIN INSIGHT; HUMAN DECISION-MAKING; HUMAN OBSERVERS; PROBABILITY MATCHING; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; VISUAL-SPATIAL;

COST FUNCTIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77956058569     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000871     Document Type: Article

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