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The anatomy of bias : how neural circuits weigh the options / Jan Lauwereyns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lauwereyns, Jan, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neural circuitry--Mathematical models.
- Neural circuitry.
- Decision making--Physiological aspects.
- Decision making.
- Bayesian statistical decision theory.
- Neural networks (Neurobiology)--Mathematical models.
- Neural networks (Neurobiology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 262 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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'.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29160-6
- 1-282-54193-5
- 9786612541933
- 0-262-27799-9
- OCLC:
- 593295755
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612541933
- 9780262277990
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