Confirmation in the cognitive sciences: The problematic case of Bayesian models

Minds and Machines

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-410

  Eberhardt, Frederick ^a   Danks, David ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Levels of explanation; Methodology in cognitive science; Rationality

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN MODEL; BAYESIAN MODELING; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; EXPECTED UTILITY; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; HUMAN LEARNING; LEVELS OF EXPLANATION; METHODOLOGY IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE; PROBABILITY MATCHING; RATIONALITY;

INFERENCE ENGINES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 80053591763     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-011-9241-3     Document Type: Article

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