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Suboptimalities for sure: Arguments from evolutionary theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2019

Rob Withagen ,
John van der Kamp  and
Matthieu de Wit
Rob Withagen
Affiliation:
Center for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands. r.g.withagen@umcg.nlhttps://www.rug.nl/staff/r.g.withagen/
John van der Kamp
Affiliation:
Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.vander.kamp@vu.nlhttps://vu-nl.academia.edu/johnvanderkamp
Matthieu de Wit
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 18104. matthieudewit@muhlenberg.eduhttps://matthieumdewit.wordpress.com/
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Abstract

Rahnev & Denison (R&D) addressed the issue of (sub)optimalities in perception but only made a passing reference to evolutionary thinking. In our commentary, we concur with the authors’ claim that evolution does not work toward optimalities, but argue that an evolutionary perspective on perception questions the Bayesian approach that the authors adopted.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e247
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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