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Probability rather than logic as the basis of perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2004

Thomas J. Anastasio
Thomas J. Anastasio*
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL61801http://csn.beckman.uiuc.edu/
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tja@uiuc.edu
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Abstract:

Formal logic may be an inappropriate framework for understanding perception. The responses of neurons at various levels of the sensory hierarchy may be better described in terms of probability than logic. Analysis and modeling of the multisensory responses of neurons in the midbrain provide a case study.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 283 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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