Perceptions as Hypotheses: Saccades as Experiments

If perception corresponds to hypothesis testing (Gregory, 1980); then visual searches might be construed as experiments that generate sensory data. In this work, we explore the idea that saccadic eye movements are optimal experiments, in which data are gathered to test hypotheses or beliefs about ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Friston, Karl, Adams, Rick A., Perrinet, Laurent, Breakspear, Michael
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361132/