Dear
All,
The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its next
week talk by:
(CNRS and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 –
17:00-18:30
Host: Jozsef
Fiser
Location: Department
of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 street 7, room 101.
Title: Visual confidence in perceptional
decision making
Abstract: Visual confidence refers to our
ability to predict the correctness of our perceptual decisions. Knowing the limits of this ability, both in terms of biases (e.g. overconfidence) and sensitivity (e.g. blindsight), is clearly important to approach a full picture of perceptual decision making. The
measurement of visual confidence with the classical method of confidence ratings presents both advantages and disadvantages. In recent years, we have explored an alternative paradigm based on confidence forced-choice. In this paradigm, observers have to choose which
of two perceptual decisions is more likely to be correct. I will review some behavioural results obtained with the confidence forced-choice paradigm. I will also present two ideal observers based on signal detection theory, one that uses the same information
for perceptual and confidence decisions, and another one that has access to additional information for confidence. These ideal observers help us quantify the limitations of human confidence estimation.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events
Györgyné Finta (Réka)
Department Coordinator
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Central European University
Department of Cognitive Science
H-1051 Budapest
Oktober 6 utca 7.
tel: (36-1) 887-5138
fax: (36-1) 887-5010
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