Modeling human cognition is challenging because there are infinitely many mechanisms
that can generate any given observation. Some researchers address this by constraining the …

Background Sequential effects of environmental stimuli are ubiquitous in most behavioral
tasks involving magnitude estimation, memory, decision making, and emotion. The human …

The theory of predictive processing posits that the brain computes expectations to process
information predictively. Empirical evidence in support of this theory, however, is scarce and …

To enable effective interaction with the environment, the brain combines noisy sensory
information with expectations based on prior experience. There is ample evidence showing …

Intercepting and avoiding collisions with moving targets are crucial skills for survival.
However, little is known about how these behaviors are implemented when the trajectory of …

Sensory evidence accumulation is considered a hallmark of decision-making in noisy
environments. Integration of sensory inputs has been traditionally studied using passive …

To coordinate movements with events in a dynamic environment the brain has to anticipate
when those events occur. A classic example is the estimation of time to contact (TTC), that is …

The perception of, and neural responses to, sensory stimuli in the present are influenced by
what has been observed in the past—a phenomenon known as adaptation. We focus on …

Human behavior is biased by past experience. For example, when intercepting a moving
target, the speed of previous targets will bias responses in future trials. Neural mechanisms …

Autism spectrum disorder has been characterized by atypicalities in how predictions and
sensory information are processed in the brain. To shed light on this relationship in the …