Changing perspective on perception physiology: Can you really see what is happening?

Giuseppe Giglia*, Dimitri Ognibene

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Perception is a complex, neural mechanism that requires organization and interpretation of input meaning and it has been a key topic in medicine, neuroscience and philosophy for centuries. Gestalt psychology proposed that the underlying mechanism is a constructive process that depends on both input of stimuli and the sensory-motor state of the agent. The Bayesian Brain hypothesis reframed it as probabilistic inference of previous beliefs, which are revised to accommodate new information. The Predictive Coding Theory proposes that this process is implemented through a top-down cascade of cortical predictions of lower level input and the concurrent propagation of a bottom-up prediction error aimed at revising higher level expectations. The „Active Inference? theory explains both perception and action, generalising the prediction error minimisation process. In this focused-review we provide a historical overview of the topic and an intuitive approach to the new computational models.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-149
Number of pages5
JournalEuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal
Volume13
Issue number33
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018

Keywords

  • Cognition
  • Models
  • Neurological
  • Perception

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