Decisions, Uncertainty, and the Brain

Mind 114 (455):737-739 (2005)
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I consider Glimcher's claim to have given an account of mental functioning that is at once neurological and decision-theoretical. I am skeptical, but remark on some good ideas of Glimcher's.

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PhD: Princeton University; Last affiliation: University of British Columbia

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