Bayesian inference with incomplete knowledge explains perceptual confidence and its deviations from accuracy

A Bayesian framework based on partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) not only predicts subjects’ confidence in a perceptual decision making task but also explains well-known discrepancies between confidence and choice accuracy as arising from incomplete knowledge of the environment....

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Main Authors: Koosha Khalvati, Roozbeh Kiani, Rajesh P. N. Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25419-4