Theme

Whether humans are rational decision makers is a central question in research on both perception and higher-level cognition. Surprisingly, the two fields have delivered seemingly contradictory answers: while humans are generally found to perform near-optimally on perceptual inference tasks, the cognitive sciences have reported many cases in which inferences seem instead to be governed by suboptimal heuristics and biases.

This one-day symposium will bring together researchers from both fields to discuss recent progress in research on rationality. Speakers are encouraged to make a link between their work and questions related to the "perception-cognition gap": does it reflect an intrinsic difference in human inference mechanisms or could it be ascribed to, for example, differences in empirical paradigms or definitions of rationality?

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Attendance and Registration

Attendance is free, but to have an accurate head count for organizational reasons (room, lunch, etc), please register here if you plan to attend

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