...The structure of the brain is such that there are many more intrinsic connections between neurons than there are connections that bring sensory information from the world. From that incomplete picture the brain is filling in the details, making sense out of ambiguous sensory input. The brain is an inference generating organ. ...an increasingly well-supported working hypothesis called (predictive_coding), according to which perceptions are driven by your own brain and corrected by input from the world. There would otherwise simple be too much sensory input to take in. Its not efficient the brain has to find other ways to work. So it constantly predicts. When the sensory information that comes in does not match your prediction you either change your prediction—or you change the sensory information that you receive...
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:14:57 +0000