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published: 2026-08-03T04:00:00+00:00
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Identifying Informative Environments for Cognition Parameter Inference via Bayesian Experimental Design
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keywords: Bayesian inverse planning, cognitive modeling, experimental design
author: arXiv Artificial Intelligence
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citation: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28894
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mentions: arXiv Artificial Intelligence
abstract: Introduces amortized Bayesian Experimental Design (BED) to select optimal experimental environments for cognitive parameter inference Validates approach on Mouselab-MDP paradigm, showing near-equivalent performance to exact Monte Carlo BED at lower computational cost Finds no universally optimal environment—trade-offs exist between information gain, posterior recoverability, and efficiency

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description: Emphasizes computational efficiency and theoretical principledness; minimizes domain-specific limitations, absence of human-subject validation beyond Mouselab-MDP, and lack of comparison to non-Bayesian or heuristic design approaches.
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  description: Foundational methodological contribution enabling more rigorous, efficient, and objective-aware cognitive science.
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  value: New AI method selects best experiments for studying human cognition, cutting computation time while preserving accuracy.
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  value: No human behavioral outcomes reported from BED-designed experiments; No discussion of implementation barriers for labs without Bayesian computation infrastructure; No benchmark against existing environment-selection heuristics used in practice
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    text: Amortized Bayesian experimental design closely matches the environment rankings of exact Monte Carlo BED while substantially reducing computational cost.
    appearance: Experiments on the Mouselab-MDP process-tracing paradigm show that amortized BED closely matches the environment rankings of exact Monte Carlo BED while substantially reducing computational cost.
    author: arXiv Artificial Intelligence

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