Many modern theories in cognitive science posit that the brain’s objective is to be a kind of “prediction machine” to predict the incoming stream of sensory information from the top down, as well as processing it from the bottom up. This is sometimes referred to through the aphorism “perception is controlled hallucination”.
Many modern theories in cognitive science posit that the brain’s objective is to be a kind of “prediction machine” to predict the incoming stream of sensory information from the top down, as well as processing it from the bottom up. This is sometimes referred to through the aphorism “perception is controlled hallucination”.
That sounds extremely interesting, i gotta look into that when i have more time
Some reading material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_coding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_approaches_to_brain_function
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/embodied-cognition/
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/surfing-uncertainty-9780190933210?cc=us&lang=en&