Topic: hierarchical Bayesian inference

Working memory is a critical component of cognition as it allows for the flexible coupling of sensory input to motor output. However, imprecise maintenance of sensory information in working memory and the influence of intervening sensory inputs may lead to history-dependent biases in behaviour, such as recency or contraction bias. Recent studies have proposed that approximate (Lange et al., 2021) or imbalanced (Deneve & Jardri, 2016) hierarchical Bayesian inference may account for such biases, and have suggested a mapping of latent sensory representations onto the hierarchical organization