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Observer models of perceptual development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2019

Marko Nardini Open the ORCID record for Marko Nardini [Opens in a new window]  and
Tessa M. Dekker
Marko Nardini
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom. marko.nardini@durham.ac.ukhttp://community.dur.ac.uk/marko.nardini/
Tessa M. Dekker
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology and Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. t.dekker@ucl.ac.ukhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucjttb1/
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Abstract

We agree with Rahnev & Denison (R&D) that to understand perception at a process level, we must investigate why performance sometimes deviates from idealised decision models. Recent research reveals that such deviations from optimality are pervasive during perceptual development. We argue that a full understanding of perception requires a model of how perceptual systems become increasingly optimised during development.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e238
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