title: Adaptive behavior: humans act as Bayesian learners.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. ajyu@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Angela J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*