Title The anatomy of bias : how neural circuits weigh the options / Jan Lauwereyns

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010 ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) : illustrations Contents Prelude: a double inheritance, a single question -- Bayes and bias -- Wish come true -- Fear materialized -- The familiarity fallacy -- The proximity trap -- Less is more -- Utopia -- a world without bias -- Coda: the pleasure of prediction error Summary In this engaging, even lyrical, book, Jan Lauwereyns examines the neural underpinnings of decision-making, using 'bias' as his core concept rather than the more common but noncommittal terms 'selection' and 'attention' Analysis NEUROSCIENCE/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Neural circuitry -- Mathematical models Decision making -- Physiological aspects Bayesian statistical decision theory. Neural networks (Neurobiology) -- Mathematical models Mathematical models. Nerve Net -- physiology Judgment -- physiology Models, Theoretical mathematical models. SELF-HELP -- Motivational & Inspirational. Mathematical models Bayesian statistical decision theory Decision making -- Physiological aspects Neural circuitry -- Mathematical models Neural networks (Neurobiology) -- Mathematical models Besluitvorming. Neuropsychologie. Form Electronic book LC no. 2009021061 ISBN 9780262277990 0262277999 0262516594 9780262516594

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