Setting Priors on User-Defined Regressor Coefficients

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Pran Chanthrakumar

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May 2, 2025, 2:43:46 PMMay 2
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Hello! 

In the HDDM framework, I understand that we can set priors for the base DDM parameters (like v, a, z, t) using the model_config, as shown in the tutorial docs. My question is: can we also set priors for additional regressor coefficients — for example, when including predictors like trial number, EEG activity, or reward values? For example, if I specify drift rate as "v ~ 1 + myTaskCondition" and use HDDMnnRegressor, I get an estimate for "v_myTaskCondition". Is there a way to set a custom prior specifically on that regressor coefficient v_myTaskCondition?

A few prior posts are related to this, but most involve only the base DDM parameters (v, a, z, t) or are from 10+ years ago (see: 12, 3, 4, 5). It does seem like this is possible with HSSM, but was hoping to wrap up something I started with HDDM before making the switch.

Thanks!
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