Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next

Created: 2023-04-02T04:51:05-05:00

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Brains appear to use the current context of a situation and perception to predict what the next set of inputs will be, with a negative feeling on an error.

Seeing an apple primes the predictions to taste an apple; tasting something unexpected thus becomes a "surprise."

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