A generalized, likelihood-free method for posterior estimation

BM Turner, PB Sederberg - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2014 - Springer
Recent advancements in Bayesian modeling have allowed for likelihood-free posterior
estimation. Such estimation techniques are crucial to the understanding of simulation-based …

The drift diffusion model as the choice rule in reinforcement learning

ML Pedersen, MJ Frank, G Biele - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2017 - Springer
Current reinforcement-learning models often assume simplified decision processes that do
not fully reflect the dynamic complexities of choice processes. Conversely, sequential …

A method for efficiently sampling from distributions with correlated dimensions.

BM Turner, PB Sederberg, SD Brown… - Psychological …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Bayesian estimation has played a pivotal role in the understanding of individual differences.
However, for many models in psychology, Bayesian estimation of model parameters can be …

Approaches to analysis in model-based cognitive neuroscience

BM Turner, BU Forstmann, BC Love, TJ Palmeri… - Journal of Mathematical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Our understanding of cognition has been advanced by two traditionally non-overlapping and
non-interacting groups. Mathematical psychologists rely on behavioral data to evaluate …

Theoretically informed generative models can advance the psychological and brain sciences: Lessons from the reliability paradox

Theories of individual differences are foundational to psychological and brain sciences, yet
they are traditionally developed and tested using superficial summaries of data (eg, mean …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in techniques for imposing reciprocity in brain-behavior relations

BM Turner, JJ Palestro, S Miletić… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
To better understand human behavior, the emerging field of model-based cognitive
neuroscience seeks to anchor psychological theory to the biological substrate from which …

Mind wandering at the fingertips: Automatic parsing of subjective states based on response time variability

M Bastian, J Sackur - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Research from the last decade has successfully used two kinds of thought reports in order to
assess whether the mind is wandering: random thought-probes and spontaneous reports …

Informing cognitive abstractions through neuroimaging: the neural drift diffusion model.

BM Turner, L Van Maanen, BU Forstmann - Psychological review, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Trial-to-trial fluctuations in an observer's state of mind have a direct influence on their
behavior. However, characterizing an observer's state of mind is difficult to do with …

[PDF][PDF] Learning from the reliability paradox: How theoretically informed generative models can advance the social, behavioral, and brain sciences

N Haines, PD Kvam, LH Irving, C Smith… - PsyArXiv, 2020 - researchgate.net
A primary aim of social, behavioral, and brain sciences is to develop explanations that
answer questions of why or how observed psychological phenomena occur (Hempel & …

Approximate Bayesian computation with differential evolution

BM Turner, PB Sederberg - Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2012 - Elsevier
Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) is a simulation-based method for estimating the
posterior distribution of the parameters of a model. The ABC approach is instrumental when …