Change point detection with multiple alternatives reveals parallel evaluation of the same stream of evidence along distinct timescales

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 13098 - 14
• Main Authors: Booras, Alexa, Stevenson, Tanner, McCormack, Connor N., Rhoads, Marie E., Hanks, Timothy D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.06.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378; 631/378/2649/1409; Decision making; Humanities and Social Sciences; Information processing; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

In order to behave appropriately in a rapidly changing world, individuals must be able to detect when changes occur in that environment. However, at any given moment, there are a multitude of potential changes of behavioral significance that could occur. Here we investigate how knowledge about the s...