How the bayesians got their beliefs (and what those beliefs actually are): Comment on bowers and davis (2012)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-422

  Griffiths, Thomas L ^a   Chater, Nick ^b   Norris, Dennis ^c   Pouget, Alexandre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Computational neuroscience; Probabilistic models; Theoretical frameworks

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROSCIENCES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84864500227     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026884     Document Type: Note

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