TL;DR? Let me unpack it in a few (or so) tweets👇
@NatureComms@D__Richter@MatthiasEkman@flodlan Our starting point is that letters are more easily recognised when embedded in a word
We've all experienced this effect, for instance when navigating in bad weather — it's easer to read a word or name (like a road sign) than a random string (like a licence plate)
But why?
Apr 25, 2019 • 21 tweets • 7 min read
NEW AND IMPROVED!!!
Happy to finally share the published version of our paper on hierarchical learning and confidence, out now in @PLOSCompBiol
TL;DR? Let me unpack it in a bunch of tweet-sized bites.
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We were interested in hierarchical models of learning in changing environments.
These are models that not only (at the 1st level) track environmental statistics, but also (at a higher level) monitor changes in those statistics, and adapt their learning accordingly
