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BL
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1003600
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b757970
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| Main Entry
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Lauwereyns, Jan,1969-
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| Title & Author
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The anatomy of bias : : how neural circuits weigh the options /\ Jan Lauwereyns.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©2010.
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, ©2010
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1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0262277999
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: 0262516594
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: 9780262277990
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: 9780262516594
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026212310X
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9780262123105
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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'.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory.
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Decision making-- Physiological aspects.
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Neural circuitry-- Mathematical models.
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Neural networks (Neurobiology)-- Mathematical models.
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Bayesian statistical decision theory.
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Decision making-- Physiological aspects.
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Neural circuitry-- Mathematical models.
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Neural networks (Neurobiology)-- Mathematical models.
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SELF-HELP-- Motivational Inspirational.
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Nerve Net-- physiology.
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Besluitvorming.
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Neuropsychologie.
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Judgment-- physiology.
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Models, Theoretical.
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| Dewey Classification
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153.8/3
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| LC Classification
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QP363.3.L38 2010eb
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2010 C-794
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WL 102L391a 2010
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