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The standard Bayesian model is normatively invalid for biological brains

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We show that the benchmark Bayesian framework that Rahnev & Denison (R&D) used to assess optimality is actually suboptimal under realistic assumptions about how noise corrupts decision making in biological brains. This model is therefore invalid qua normative standard. We advise against generally forsaking optimality and argue that a biologically constrained definition of optimality could serve as an important driver for scientific progress.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x18001449

Authors: Rani Moran, Konstantinos Tsetsos

Institutions: Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Language: English

Topic: Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Subfield: General Decision Sciences

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2911246877

FWCI: 0.385

Cites: 8

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10