How do priors change perception?

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titleHow do priors change perception?
start_date2017/09/25
schedule11h
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summarySensory signals are highly structured in both space and time. These regularities allow expectations about future stimulation to be formed, thereby facilitating perceptual decisions about visual features and objects. In my talk, I will discuss recent behavioral and neuroimaging data that suggest that priors generate "virtual sensory data". Next I will briefly discuss why we don't hallucinate these virtual sensations. Finally, I will suggest how priors change sensory computations in the primary visual cortex and modify perception and post-perceptual decision-making.
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