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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25419-4 |