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When the predictive brain gets it really wrong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2013

Gavin Buckingham  and
Melvyn A. Goodale
Gavin Buckingham
Affiliation:
The Brain and Mind Institute, Natural Sciences Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London ON N6A 5B7, Canada. gbucking@uwo.ca http://publish.uwo.ca/~gbucking/ mgoodale@uwo.ca http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/goodale/
Melvyn A. Goodale
Affiliation:
The Brain and Mind Institute, Natural Sciences Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London ON N6A 5B7, Canada. gbucking@uwo.ca http://publish.uwo.ca/~gbucking/ mgoodale@uwo.ca http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/goodale/
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Abstract

Clark examines the notion of the “predictive brain” as a unifying model for cognitive neuroscience, from the level of basic neural processes to sensorimotor control. Although we are in general agreement with this notion, we feel that there are many details that still need to be fleshed out from the standpoint of perception and action.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 208 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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