Suboptimalities for sure: Arguments from evolutionary theory

Rob Withagen; John van der Kamp; Matthieu de Wit

doi:10.1017/S0140525X18001322

Suboptimalities for sure: Arguments from evolutionary theory

Rob Withagen, John van der Kamp, Matthieu de Wit

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Rahnev & Denison (R&D) addressed the issue of (sub)optimalities in perception but only made a passing reference to evolutionary thinking. In our commentary, we concur with the authors' claim that evolution does not work toward optimalities, but argue that an evolutionary perspective on perception questions the Bayesian approach that the authors adopted.

Original language	English
Article number	e247
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18001322
Publication status	Published - Jan-2018

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