Prior probability and feature predictability interactively bias perceptual decisions

2014/06/28 by Kyle E. Dunovan, Kyle Dunovan, Joshua J. Tremel +1 · 77 citations
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Mathematics #Multisensory perception and integration #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Neuroscience #Perception #Predictability #Probabilistic logic #Psychology #Response bias #Sensory system #Social psychology #Statistics #Stimulus (psychology) #Visual perception and processing mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.06.024

published in Neuropsychologia 61, 210-221 (Elsevier BV)

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