Abstract:Predictive coding theory is an influential view of perception and cognition. It proposes that subjective experience of the sensory information results from a comparison between the sensory input and the top-down prediction about this input, the latter being critical for shaping the final perceptual outcome. The theory is able to explain a wide range of phenomena ranging from sensory experiences such as visual illusions to complex pathological states such as hallucinations and psychosis. In the current study we… Show more
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