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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455605703321

Autore

Lauwereyns Jan <1969->

Titolo

The anatomy of bias [[electronic resource] ] : how neural circuits weigh the options / / Jan Lauwereyns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-54193-5

9786612541933

0-262-27799-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 262 p.) : ill

Disciplina

153.8/3

Soggetti

Neural circuitry - Mathematical models

Decision making - Physiological aspects

Bayesian statistical decision theory

Neural networks (Neurobiology) - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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'.