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When Two Beeps Trick the Eye: EEG and Bayesian Models Decode a Classic Illusion

A new EEG and hierarchical Bayesian modeling study shows that task conditions dominate perceptual decisions in the ...
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New Methods Tame Bayesian Inference When Prior Covariances Lose Rank

Researchers have introduced new dimension and model reduction methods that extend optimal Bayesian inference to problems with ...
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Bayesian Inference in Inverse Problems articles from across Nature Portfolio

This Primer examines Skilling’s nested sampling algorithm for Bayesian inference and, more broadly, multidimensional ...
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Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model

This paper develops new econometric methods to infer hospital quality in a model with discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in patient discharge records are widely ...

ExaRing+: Bayesian Part 2—When Small Evidence Changes Judgments

Probabilities that created rebels, hidden signatures, unrecorded drivers, inbox gatekeepers, and those who predict the futureIn Part 1, Bayesian thinking worked in the deep sea and on the battlefield.
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Forecasting Mass Shootings

Can mass shootings be forecasted? Mohammad R.K. Mofrad and colleagues constructed an agent-based model of mass shootings within a Bayesian inference framework. In the model, a shooting arises from the ...