A confirmation bias in perceptual decision-making due to hierarchical approximate inference

Richard D. Lange; Ankani Chattoraj; Jeffrey M. Beck; Jacob L. Yates; Ralf M. Haefner

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009517

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A confirmation bias in perceptual decision-making due to hierarchical approximate inference

Richard D. Lange ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lange.richard.d@gmail.com (RDL); ralf.haefner@gmail.com (RMH)

Current address: Department of Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliations Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Ankani Chattoraj,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7644-667X

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Jeffrey M. Beck,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jacob L. Yates,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-5982

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Ralf M. Haefner

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lange.richard.d@gmail.com (RDL); ralf.haefner@gmail.com (RMH)

Affiliations Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Computer Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-0379

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A confirmation bias in perceptual decision-making due to hierarchical approximate inference

Richard D. Lange,
Ankani Chattoraj,
Jeffrey M. Beck,
Jacob L. Yates,
Ralf M. Haefner

Published: November 29, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009517

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