Our brains are constantly adapting to changes in our visual environment. Neural adaptation
exerts a persistent influence on the activity of sensory neurons and our perceptual …

Perception is shaped by both incoming sensory input and expectations derived from our
prior knowledge. Numerous studies have shown stronger neural activity for surprising …

Prediction-for-perception theories suggest that the brain predicts incoming stimuli to facilitate
their categorization. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 However, it remains …

A crucial ability of the human brain is to learn and exploit probabilistic associations between
stimuli to facilitate perception and behavior by predicting future events. Although studies …

Distinguishing faces requires well distinguishable neural activity patterns. Contextual
information may separate neural representations, leading to enhanced identity recognition …

Perception and behaviour are significantly moulded by expectations derived from our prior
knowledge. Hierarchical predictive processing theories provide a principled account of the …

Our perceptual experience is generally framed in multisensory environments abundant in
predictive information. Previous research on statistical learning has shown that humans can …

The brain is thought to generate internal predictions, based on previous statistical
regularities in the environment, to optimise behaviour. Predictive processing has been …

Expectation is beneficial for adaptive behavior through quickly deducing plausible
interpretations of information. The profile and underlying neural computations of this …

Neurons in primary visual cortex are driven by feedforward visual inputs and top-down
contextual inputs. The nature of this contextual information is difficult to study, as responses …