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ArticlePLoS computational biology2019

Predicting change: Approximate inference under explicit representation of temporal structure in changing environments.

Dimitrije Marković, Andrea M F Reiter, Stefan J Kiebel

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dimitrije MarkovićDepartment of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4185-696X
Andrea M F ReiterDepartment of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan J KiebelDepartment of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Technische Universität Dresden · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In our daily lives timing of our actions plays an essential role when we navigate the complex everyday environment. It is an open question though how the representations of the temporal structure of the world influence our behavior. Here we propose a probabilistic model with an explicit representation of state durations which may provide novel insights in how the brain predicts upcoming changes. We illustrate several properties of the behavioral model using a standard reversal learning design and compare its task performance to standard reinforcement learning models. Furthermore, using experimental data, we demonstrate how the model can be applied to identify participants' beliefs about the latent temporal task structure. We found that roughly one quarter of participants seem to have learned the latent temporal structure and used it to anticipate changes, whereas the remaining participants' behavior did not show signs of anticipatory responses, suggesting a lack of precise temporal expectations. We expect that the introduced behavioral model will allow, in future studies, for a systematic investigation of how participants learn the underlying temporal structure of task environments and how these representations shape behavior.

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Models, PsychologicalModels, StatisticalAnticipation, PsychologicalBrainComputational BiologyDatabases, FactualDecision MakingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingReversal Learning

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PMID30703108
PMCPMC6372216
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