Bayesian just-so stories in psychology and neuroscience.

JS Bowers, CJ Davis - Psychological bulletin, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
According to Bayesian theories in psychology and neuroscience, minds and brains are
(near) optimal in solving a wide range of tasks. We challenge this view and argue that more …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of ideal observer theory to vision research

WS Geisler - Vision research, 2011 - Elsevier
An ideal observer is a hypothetical device that performs optimally in a perceptual task given
the available information. The theory of ideal observers has proven to be a powerful and …

[HTML][HTML] Individual differences in visual science: What can be learned and what is good experimental practice?

JD Mollon, JM Bosten, DH Peterzell, MA Webster - Vision research, 2017 - Elsevier
We all pass out our lives in private perceptual worlds. The differences in our sensory and
perceptual experiences often go unnoticed until there emerges a variation (such as 'The …

Fixation-related potentials in visual search: A combined EEG and eye tracking study

JE Kamienkowski, MJ Ison, RQ Quiroga… - Journal of …, 2012 - jov.arvojournals.org
We report a study of concurrent eye movements and electroencephalographic (EEG)
recordings while subjects freely explored a search array looking for hidden targets. We …

Getting directions from the hippocampus: The neural connection between looking and memory

MLR Meister, EA Buffalo - Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2016 - Elsevier
Investigations into the neural basis of memory in human and non-human primates have
focused on the hippocampus and associated medial temporal lobe (MTL) structures …

Natural images from the birthplace of the human eye

G Tkačik, P Garrigan, C Ratliff, G Milčinski, JM Klein… - PLoS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Here we introduce a database of calibrated natural images publicly available through an
easy-to-use web interface. Using a Nikon D70 digital SLR camera, we acquired about six …

Normative principles for decision-making in natural environments

C Summerfield, P Parpart - Annual Review of Psychology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The decisions we make are shaped by a lifetime of learning. Past experience guides the
way that we encode information in neural systems for perception and valuation, and …

Interaction in spoken word recognition models: Feedback helps

JS Magnuson, D Mirman, S Luthra, T Strauss… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Human perception, cognition, and action requires fast integration of bottom-up signals with
top-down knowledge and context. A key theoretical perspective in cognitive science is the …

Motion clouds: model-based stimulus synthesis of natural-like random textures for the study of motion perception

PS Leon, I Vanzetta, GS Masson… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Choosing an appropriate set of stimuli is essential to characterize the response of a sensory
system to a particular functional dimension, such as the eye movement following the motion …

Toward ecologically realistic theories in visual short-term memory research

AE Orhan, RA Jacobs - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2014 - Springer
Recent evidence from neuroimaging and psychophysics suggests common neural and
representational substrates for visual perception and visual short-term memory (VSTM) …