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Bayesian hierarchical precision-weighted prediction and its penetrability consequences

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posted on 2022-08-23, 07:23 authored by RICARDO AUGUSTO PERERA
Recent accounts of cognition suggest that the brain implements a Predictive Processing mechanism. This thesis investigates how this framework could be applied to controversial domains that have been historically associated with a rival paradigm, such as human perception, language and social cognition. Using both philosophical and experimental tools, I argue that the same fundamental mechanism based on predictions and uncertainty is better in many respects.

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Principal supervisor

Jakob Hohwy

Additional supervisor 1

Thomas Andrillon

Year of Award

2022

Department, School or Centre

School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Campus location

Australia

Faculty

Faculty of Arts

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