Ruben S. van Bergen

The paper shows that subjective confidence correlates with decoded probability distributions from neural activity in visual cortex, supporting a Bayesian interpretation of confidence.

This study investigates how human confidence is formed, finding that it can be based on perceived stimulus noise rather than just perceptual uncertainty.

The paper improves a probabilistic decoding method for cortical activity, achieving better stimulus estimation and uncertainty characterization than standard methods.

The paper shows that probability distributions in human visual cortex reflect sensory uncertainty during serial decisions, supporting Bayesian models of perception.