Bayesian and the Brain
The article “ Are Brains Bayesian?” by John Horgan explains how the brain simply functions using the Bayesian theorem. The article starts off by stating that our Brains employ Bayesian algorithms as our brains are the foundations for carrying out tasks with computers perceiving, recognizing and reasoning. In addition, the article also goes in-depth to analyze that Bayesian theories have attracted a lot of attention recently as it outlines how the Brain has employed techniques of perception, learning, memory, reasoning to make decisions. This is seen even more so as infants as, Joshua Tenebaum, MIT’s brain, and cognitive science program show that even at such a young age our brains are able to asses the stability of a tower of blocks. Later on, the article shows that Bayesian models have also been used to create information processing models, such as neural networks.
This topic is very similar to what we have learned in class as It applies Bayes, Rule about conditional probabilities and decision making and to see how that has affected the way we all think from such a young age.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/are-brains-bayesian/