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. 2022 Feb 10;18(2):e1009222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009222

Table 1. Glossary of key variables in the paper.

Observed or controlled by experimenter
t time step during rotation
θ t true heading angle at time t
α true target angle
δ true velocity
f feedback angle
t f time of feedback
σ f standard deviation of true feedback
ρ generative probability that the feedback is true on any trial (= 70%)
ς confidence reported by subject
Observed, used, or computed by participant
Estimates of heading
m t estimated heading from Path Integration
s t uncertainty in Path Integration estimate of heading
s 0 subject’s initial uncertainty in heading angle
m^t estimated heading from Kalman Filter
s^t uncertainty in Kalman Filter estimate of heading
m˜tcomb estimated heading angle from Cue Combination model
m˜thy estimated heading angle from Hybrid model
Estimates of task/subject parameters
s A subject’s estimate of variability of the memory noise (i.e. their estimate of σA)
r subject’s estimate of the prior probability that the feedback is true
s f subject’s estimate of variability of true feedback (i.e. subject’s estimate of σf)
p true subject’s estimate that feedback on current trial is true (=p(true|f,δ1:tf))
Parameters related to target angle
A subject’s remembered target angle
β A subject’s bias in remembered target angle
γ A subject’s gain in remembered target angle
n A subject’s noise in remembered target angle
σ A standard deviation of noise in subject’s remembered target angle
Parameters related to velocity
d subject’s estimate of velocity
γ d gain in subject’s estimate of velocity
ν noise in subject’s estimate of velocity
σ d standard deviation of noise in subject’s estimate of velocity
s d subject’s estimate of their own velocity noise