A Bayesian Framework for Modeling Confidence in Perceptual Decision Making

Authors: Koosha Khalvati, Rajesh PN Rao

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Reproducibility Variable Result LLM Response
Research Type Experimental We test our model on two experiments on confidence-based decision making involving the well-known random dots motion discrimination task. In both experiments, we show that our model s predictions closely match experimental data.
Researcher Affiliation Academia Koosha Khalvati, Rajesh P. N. Rao Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 {koosha, rao}@cs.washington.edu
Pseudocode No The paper describes the POMDP model and its components mathematically but does not include any pseudocode or algorithm blocks.
Open Source Code No The paper does not provide any links to open-source code for the described methodology or state that the code is available.
Open Datasets No The paper refers to experimental data from prior studies ([12], [13]) that it models and analyzes, such as 'post-decision wagering in this experiment' and 'reaction-time random dots experiments in [12]', but it does not provide concrete access information (e.g., specific links, DOIs, or repository names) for a publicly available or open dataset used for its analysis.
Dataset Splits No The paper focuses on modeling and analyzing existing experimental data by fitting POMDP parameters. It describes using 'data from the trials where the sure option is not given' for fitting, and then predicting confidence using these parameters. It does not mention or specify traditional training, validation, or test dataset splits in the context of machine learning model training.
Hardware Specification No The paper does not provide any specific details about the hardware (e.g., CPU, GPU, memory) used to run the simulations or analyses described.
Software Dependencies No The paper does not specify any software dependencies with version numbers (e.g., specific programming languages, libraries, or solvers) used for its implementation.
Experiment Setup Yes First, we find the set of parameters for the experimenter s POMDP to reproduce the same accuracy curves as in the experiment for each coherence. ... Fitting the POMDP to the accuracy data yields the mean and variance for each observation function and the cost for sampling. ... if rsure is approximately twothirds the value of the reward for correct direction choice, the POMDP model s prediction matches experimental data (Figure 3b). ... All the free parameters of the POMDP were extracted from this fit.