The journal Nature reports that expectation of a sensory event can increase the speed and accuracy we perceive it [ link ]. “Animals are not passive spectators of the sensory world in which they live. In natural conditions they often sense objects on the bases of expectations initiated by predictive cues. Expectation profoundly modulates neural activity by altering the background state of cortical networks and modulating sensory processing”[link].
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Comment by lee william robertson on July 25, 2012 at 10:48pm @Elliot C Brown. Excellent article, Dr Brown! Edifying to read. Thanks
Comment by Elliot Clayton Brown on July 25, 2012 at 8:04pm I thought you may also be interested in a recently published article outlining the potential for applying predictive processing or expectation to understanding and relating to others in social interactions:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00...
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