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Bayesian and "anti-Bayesian" biases in sensory integration for action and perception in the size-weight illusion.
Brayanov JB, Smith MA
J Neurophysiol 2010 Mar 103(3):1518-31 [abstract on PubMed] [citations on Google Scholar] [related articles] [full text] [order article]

Selected by | Dora Angelaki
Evaluated 12 May 2010
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Dora Angelaki
Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Neuroscience

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This article shows that not all behaviors can be modeled as Bayes-optimal processes and that perception and action might differ in this regard. The authors conclude that two fundamentally different strategies of combining sensory likelihood and prior expectations might coexist.

The task uses a variant of the size-weight illusion, where the brain combines two imperfect sources of information, the prior expectation and direct sensory evidence. The experimental findings are interesting and timely. In addition, the paper includes a nice discussion of Bayesian versus anti-Bayesian processing and provides insights into potential differences in the two strategies.

Competing interests: None declared
Evaluated 12 May 2010

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