Authors
Wei Ji Ma
Publication date
2012/9/11
Journal
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier Current Trends
Description
Probability has played a central role in models of perception for more than a century, but a look at probabilistic concepts in the literature raises many questions. Is being Bayesian the same as being optimal? Are recent Bayesian models fundamentally different from classic signal detection theory models? Do findings of near-optimal inference provide evidence that neurons compute with probability distributions? This review aims to disentangle these concepts and to classify empirical evidence accordingly.
Total citations
201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420251910151219412522211422162
Scholar articles