The anatomy of bias : how neural circuits weigh the options - Lauwereyns, Jan, 1969- (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010)
Prelude: a double inheritance, a single question -- Bayes and bias -- Wish come true -- Fear materialized -- The familiarity fallacy -- The proximity trap -- Less is more -- Utopia--a world without bias -- Coda: the pleasure of prediction error.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-254) and index.
Keywords: Neural circuitry -- Mathematical models; Decision making -- Physiological aspects; Bayesian statistical decision theory; Neural networks (Neurobiology) -- Mathematical models; Nerve Net -- physiology; Judgment -- physiology; Models, Theoretical