Symposium: When the brain errs
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015
9:30-10:30
Hörsaal 3
How do prior expectations change sensory processing?
Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Donders Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands
floris.delange@donders.ru.nl
Although there is ample behavioral evidence for the predictive nature of perception, the incorporation of prior expectations in the neural computations underlying perception is still poorly understood.
In my lecture, I will review recent work on how prior expectations about the sensory world change the neural computations that give rise to perception. I will highlight recent neuroimaging data (MEG and fMRI) and methods (multivariate classification techniques) that show how stimulus expectations modify the sensory response. I will also contrast the effects of prior expectation with the modulatory effects of selective attention and adaptation.