Signal detection theory, uncertainty, and Poisson-like population codes
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Signal detection theory, uncertainty, and Poisson-like population codes
The juxtaposition of established signal detection theory models of perception and more recent claims about the encoding of uncertainty in perception is a rich source of confusion. Are the latter simply a rehash of the former? Here, we make an attempt to distinguish precisely between optimal and probabilistic computation. In optimal computation, the observer minimizes the expected cost under a p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Vision Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0042-6989
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.08.035