Intuitive physical reasoning about objects’ masses transfers to a visuomotor decision task consistent with Newtonian physics
Fig 6
Posterior estimates of perceptual uncertainty and press-time variability inferred with data from phase two “feedback”.
(A) Inferred posterior distributions of perceptual uncertainty for the linear heuristics model and the Newtonian physics model. Dark green distributions display posterior distributions for the Newtonian model class, dark blue ones for the linear model class. A separation into cost functions is not included since the different cost functions did not lead to significant differences. (B) Inferred posteriors for individual press-time variability varied significantly between subjects between the two models. All but one participant show lower or equal values of variability regarding the press-time for the Newtonian model class.