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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2019
We disagree with Rahnev & Denison (R&D) that optimality should be abandoned altogether. Rather, we argue that adopting a normative approach enables researchers to test hypotheses about the brain's computational goals, avoids just-so explanations, and offers insights into function that are simply inaccessible to the alternatives proposed by R&D.
Authors Chetverikov and van Bergen contributed equally to this work.
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Suboptimality in perceptual decision making
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