Sampling as a resource-rational constraint

Resource rationality is useful for choosing between models with the same cognitive constraints but cannot settle fundamental disagreements about what those constraints are. We argue that sampling is an especially compelling constraint, as optimizing accumulation of evidence or hypotheses minimizes t...

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Published inThe Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 43; p. e22
Main Authors Sanborn, Adam N, Zhu, Jianqiao, Spicer, Jake, Chater, Nick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Cambridge University Press 01.01.2020
Subjects
Achievement
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Comprehension
Computer applications
Humans
Noise
Probability
Rationality
Sampling
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Summary:Resource rationality is useful for choosing between models with the same cognitive constraints but cannot settle fundamental disagreements about what those constraints are. We argue that sampling is an especially compelling constraint, as optimizing accumulation of evidence or hypotheses minimizes the cost of time, and there are well-established models for doing so which have had tremendous success explaining human behavior.
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ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X19001584