Bayesian Inference Underlies the Contraction Bias in Delayed Comparison Tasks
Delayed comparison tasks are widely used in the study of working memory and perception in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been known, however, that decisions in these tasks are biased. When the two stimuli in a delayed comparison trial are small in magnitude, subjects tend to report that...
Main Authors: | Ashourian, Paymon, Loewenstein, Yonatan |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66092 |
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