ArticleThe Behavioral and brain sciences2018
Serial effects are optimal.
Article in The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Serial dependence in visual perception: A meta-analysis and review.Journal of vision · 2023Pooled it
- The role of context in continuity and segmentation.Nature human behaviour · 2026Article
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- Continuity fields enhance visual perception through positive serial dependence.Nature reviews. Psychology · 2024Article
- Cross-Modality Evidence for Reduced Choice History Biases in Psychosis-Prone Individuals.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Serial dependence in emotion perception mirrors the autocorrelations in natural emotion statistics.Journal of vision · 2023Article
- Attractive serial dependence overcomes repulsive neuronal adaptation.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- Grouping strategies in number estimation extend the subitizing range.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Neural and Behavioral Evidence for Frequency-Selective Context Effects in Rhythm Processing in Humans.Cerebral cortex communications · 2020Article
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Abstract
In the target article, Rahnev & Denison (R&D) use serial effects as an example of suboptimality. We show here that serial effects can be beneficial to perception, serving to reduce both error and response times in a near-optimal fashion. Furthermore, serial effects for stable attributes are positive, whereas those for changeable attributes are negative, demonstrating that they are engaged flexibly to optimize performance.
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