A Neuroscientist Explains: where perception ends and hallucination begins

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April 2, 2018 • 37 mins

When it comes to perceiving the world around us, how much of it is due to ‘bottom-up’ sensory data and how much comes from the ‘top-down’ predictions we make? Most importantly; how can the delicate dance between the two lead to hallucinations?

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