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Abstract Rahnev & Denison (R&D) argue that whether people are “optimal” or “suboptimal” is not a well-posed question. We agree. However, we argue that the critical question is why humans… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Rahnev & Denison (R&D) argue that whether people are “optimal” or “suboptimal” is not a well-posed question. We agree. However, we argue that the critical question is why humans make suboptimal perceptual decisions in the first place. We suggest that perceptual distortions have a normative explanation – that they promote efficient coding and computation in biological information processing systems.
Keywords:
perceptual suboptimality;
bug feature;
suboptimality bug
Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2018
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