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