Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next
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HN comment orderThis ties in quite nicely with Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIu_dJGyIQI There are so many strands of neuroscience that show predictive coding now. There's a really nice example in the use of common vs unusual words in sentences. If you're using fMRI to scan someone while they read these two sentences: The jam on the motorway made everything slow. The jam on the motorway made everything sticky. You'll see a flash of activity when people read the word "sticky"…
This might be tangentially related - I'm not sure. I've recently started playing jazz piano, after years of classical piano. Now, I'm supposed to be a reasonably good sight reader, or at least that's what I thought. The improv part of jazz I'm not good at but I get, but I've also tried playing from transcriptions (Bill Evans in particular), and have found I'm extremely slow at reading the music. After thinking about it, I suspect it's because the music…
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-02 | Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next | headalgorithm | 7 | 0 |
| 2019-05-05 | Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next | digital55 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-05-08 | Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s NextFirst breakout · Best thread | pseudolus | 220 | 86 |
| 2023-03-30 | Brains Speed Up Perception by Guessing What’s Next (2019)Latest 20+ point return | yamrzou | 180 | 92 |