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. 2012 Oct 25;8(10):e1002731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002731

Figure 3. Recency effect.

Figure 3

To estimate the effect of stimuli administered in previous trials on decision in a trial, we fitted a linear non-linear model that relates the outcome of each trial to a linear combination of present and past stimuli (Eq. 1). The parameters that minimize the square error between the prediction of the model and participants' responses are presented. Green - Inline graphic, Dark blue - Inline graphic, Black - Inline graphic. Error bars are 68% confidence intervals (equivalent to one standard deviation in a normal distribution) and we assumed that Inline graphic, which means that the model had 9 free parameters (Inline graphic and Inline graphic), and was fitted using 16,380 trials (65 trials in 252 blocks).