Confidence resets reveal hierarchical adaptive learning in humans.

PLoS Comput Biol · 2019 · PMC6474633 · PMID 30964861

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When model parameters were set to best estimate the true transition probabilities, the hierarchical model showed a trend toward a significantly lower MSE compared to the flat model (paired difference of MSE, hierarchical minus flat: -0.0017±0.0010 s.e.m., t 22 = -1.8, p = 0.084).

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