Adaptive behavior: humans act as Bayesian learners.
Subjects adapt to environmental changes differently depending on the perceived frequency of the changes--the environmental volatility--similar to an ideal Bayesian learner. This volatility information correlates with the fMRI BOLD signal in the anterior cingulate cortex.
Yu
Angela J
AJ
Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. ajyu@princeton.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*