scholarly journals Normative Principles for Decision-Making in Natural Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Summerfield ◽  
Paula Parpart
Keyword(s):  
Local Context ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Economic Choice ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Context Shape

The decisions we make are shaped by a lifetime of learning. Past experience guides the way that we encode information in neural systems for perception and valuation, and determines the information we retrieve when making decisions. Distinct literatures have discussed how lifelong learning and local context shape decisions made about sensory signals, propositional information, or economic prospects. Here, we build bridges between these literatures, arguing for common principles of adaptive rationality in perception, cognition, and economic choice. We discuss how a single common framework, based on normative principles of efficient coding and Bayesian inference, can help us understand a myriad of human decision biases, including sensory illusions, adaptive aftereffects, choice history biases, central tendency effects, anchoring effects, contrast effects, framing effects, congruency effects, reference-dependent valuation, nonlinear utility functions, and discretization heuristics. We describe a simple computational framework for explaining these phenomena. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Psychology, Volume 73 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Normative principles for decision-making in natural environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Summerfield ◽  
Paula Parpart
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Efficient Coding ◽  
Economic Choice ◽  
Anchoring Effects ◽  
Common Framework

The decisions we make are shaped by a lifetime of learning. Past experience guides the way that weencode information in neural systems for perception and valuation, and determines the informationwe retrieve when making decisions. Distinct literatures have discussed how lifelong learning and localcontext shape decisions made about sensory signals, propositional information, or economic prospects.Here, we build bridges between these literatures, arguing for common principles of adaptive rationalityin perception, cognition, and economic choice. We discuss how a single common framework, based onnormative principles of efficient coding and Bayesian inference, can help understand myriad of humandecision biases, including sensory illusions, adaptive aftereffects, choice history biases, centraltendency effects, anchoring effects, contrast effects, framing effects, congruency effects, referencedependentvaluation, nonlinear utility functions, and discretisation heuristics. We describe a simplecomputational framework for explaining these phenomena.

Membrane Exporters of Fluoride Ion

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin C. McIlwain ◽  
Michal T. Ruprecht ◽  
Randy B. Stockbridge
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Metabolic Pathways ◽  
Resistance Mechanisms ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Fluoride Ion ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Microbial Response ◽  
Cytoplasmic Accumulation ◽  
Chemical Threats

Microorganisms contend with numerous and unusual chemical threats and have evolved a catalog of resistance mechanisms in response. One particularly ancient, pernicious threat is posed by fluoride ion (F−), a common xenobiotic in natural environments that causes broad-spectrum harm to metabolic pathways. This review focuses on advances in the last ten years toward understanding the microbial response to cytoplasmic accumulation of F−, with a special emphasis on the structure and mechanisms of the proteins that microbes use to export fluoride: the CLCF family of F−/H+ antiporters and the Fluc/FEX family of F− channels. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 90 is June 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Cognitive Science as a Source of Forward and Inverse Models of Human Decisions for Robotics and Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark K. Ho ◽  
Thomas L. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Statistical Machine Learning ◽  
Inverse Models ◽  
Control Research ◽  
Human Decision ◽  
And Control

Those designing autonomous systems that interact with humans will invariably face questions about how humans think and make decisions. Fortunately, computational cognitive science offers insight into human decision-making using tools that will be familiar to those with backgrounds in optimization and control (e.g., probability theory, statistical machine learning, and reinforcement learning). Here, we review some of this work, focusing on how cognitive science can provide forward models of human decision-making and inverse models of how humans think about others’ decision-making. We highlight relevant recent developments, including approaches that synthesize black box and theory-driven modeling, accounts that recast heuristics and biases as forms of bounded optimality, and models that characterize human theory of mind and communication in decision-theoretic terms. In doing so, we aim to provide readers with a glimpse of the range of frameworks, methodologies, and actionable insights that lie at the intersection of cognitive science and control research. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, Volume 5 is May 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

scholarly journals Understanding the Complex Phage-Host Interactions in Biofilm Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana P. Pires ◽  
Luís D.R. Melo ◽  
Joana Azeredo
Keyword(s):  
Online Publication ◽  
Bacterial Biofilms ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Host Interactions ◽  
Symbiotic Relationships ◽  
Biofilm Control

Bacteriophages and bacterial biofilms are widely present in natural environments, a fact that has accelerated the evolution of phages and their bacterial hosts in these particular niches. Phage-host interactions in biofilm communities are rather complex, where phages are not always merely predators but also can establish symbiotic relationships that induce and strengthen biofilms. In this review we provide an overview of the main features affecting phage-biofilm interactions as well as the currently available methods of studying these interactions. In addition, we address the applications of phages for biofilm control in different contexts. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 8 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Human Representation Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Radulescu ◽  
Yeon Soon Shin ◽  
Yael Niv
Keyword(s):  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Representation Learning ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Attention And Memory ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Inference Process ◽  
Information Selection ◽  
Human Decision

The central theme of this review is the dynamic interaction between information selection and learning. We pose a fundamental question about this interaction: How do we learn what features of our experiences are worth learning about? In humans, this process depends on attention and memory, two cognitive functions that together constrain representations of the world to features that are relevant for goal attainment. Recent evidence suggests that the representations shaped by attention and memory are themselves inferred from experience with each task. We review this evidence and place it in the context of work that has explicitly characterized representation learning as statistical inference. We discuss how inference can be scaled to real-world decisions by approximating beliefs based on a small number of experiences. Finally, we highlight some implications of this inference process for human decision-making in social environments. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Neuroscience, Volume 44 is July 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Endogenous Retroviruses Drive Resistance and Promotion of Exogenous Retroviral Homologs

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott S. Chiu ◽  
Sue VandeWoude
Keyword(s):  
Immune Modulation ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Viral Evolution ◽  
Endogenous Retroviruses ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Self Tolerance ◽  
Vertebrate Hosts ◽  
Insight Into

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) serve as markers of ancient viral infections and provide invaluable insight into host and viral evolution. ERVs have been exapted to assist in performing basic biological functions, including placentation, immune modulation, and oncogenesis. A subset of ERVs share high nucleotide similarity to circulating horizontally transmitted exogenous retrovirus (XRV) progenitors. In these cases, ERV–XRV interactions have been documented and include ( a) recombination to result in ERV–XRV chimeras, ( b) ERV induction of immune self-tolerance to XRV antigens, ( c) ERV antigen interference with XRV receptor binding, and ( d) interactions resulting in both enhancement and restriction of XRV infections. Whereas the mechanisms governing recombination and immune self-tolerance have been partially determined, enhancement and restriction of XRV infection are virus specific and only partially understood. This review summarizes interactions between six unique ERV–XRV pairs, highlighting important ERV biological functions and potential evolutionary histories in vertebrate hosts. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, Volume 9 is February 16, 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Advancing Socioeconomic Rights Through Interdisciplinary Factfinding: Opportunities and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Knuckey ◽  
Joshua D. Fisher ◽  
Amanda M. Klasing ◽  
Tess Russo ◽  
Margaret L. Satterthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Volume ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Socioeconomic Rights ◽  
Human Rights Movement

The human rights movement is increasingly using interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, mixed-methods, and quantitative factfinding. There has been too little analysis of these shifts. This article examines some of the opportunities and challenges of these methods, focusing on the investigation of socioeconomic human rights. By potentially expanding the amount and types of evidence available, factfinding's accuracy and persuasiveness can be strengthened, bolstering rights claims. However, such methods can also present significant challenges and may pose risks in individual cases and to the human rights movement generally. Interdisciplinary methods can be costly in human, financial, and technical resources; are sometimes challenging to implement; may divert limited resources from other work; can reify inequalities; may produce “expertise” that disempowers rightsholders; and could raise investigation standards to an infeasible or counterproductive level. This article includes lessons learned and questions to guide researchers and human rights advocates considering mixed-methods human rights factfinding. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Volume 17 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Conversation and Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simeon Floyd
Keyword(s):  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Sequential Analysis ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Language Studies ◽  
Speech Communities

Conversation analysis is a method for the systematic study of interaction in terms of a sequential turn-taking system. Research in conversation analysis has traditionally focused on speakers of English, and it is still unclear to what extent the system observed in that research applies to conversation more generally around the world. However, as this method is now being applied to conversation in a broader range of languages, it is increasingly possible to address questions about the nature of interactional diversity across different speech communities. The approach of pragmatic typology first applies sequential analysis to conversation from different speech communities and then compares interactional patterns in ways analogous to how traditional linguistic typology compares morphosyntax. This article discusses contemporary literature in pragmatic typology, including single-language studies and multilanguage comparisons reflecting both qualitative and quantitative methods. This research finds that microanalysis of face-to-face interaction can identify both universal trends and culture-specific interactional tendencies. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Anthropology, Volume 50 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Mechanical Patterning in Animal Morphogenesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonit Maroudas-Sacks ◽  
Kinneret Keren
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Formation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Biochemical Processes ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Biological Pattern Formation ◽  
Effective Theories ◽  
Biochemical Signals

Morphogenesis is one of the most remarkable examples of biological pattern formation. Despite substantial progress in the field, we still do not understand the organizational principles responsible for the robust convergence of the morphogenesis process across scales to form viable organisms under variable conditions. Achieving large-scale coordination requires feedback between mechanical and biochemical processes, spanning all levels of organization and relating the emerging patterns with the mechanisms driving their formation. In this review, we highlight the role of mechanics in the patterning process, emphasizing the active and synergistic manner in which mechanical processes participate in developmental patterning rather than merely following a program set by biochemical signals. We discuss the value of applying a coarse-grained approach toward understanding this complex interplay, which considers the large-scale dynamics and feedback as well as complementing the reductionist approach focused on molecular detail. A central challenge in this approach is identifying relevant coarse-grained variables and developing effective theories that can serve as a basis for an integrated framework for understanding this remarkable pattern-formation process. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Volume 37 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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