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Predictive Processing: The Brain Guesses First and Checks the World Later

Predictive Processing: The Brain Guesses First and Checks the World Later image
Your brain builds the world first and uses the senses to correct the draft. The evidence is strong in places, thin in others, and the field is still arguing.

Optical Illusions: What Your Brain's Visual Mistakes Reveal About Normal Seeing

Optical Illusions: What Your Brain's Visual Mistakes Reveal About Normal Seeing image
Illusions get sold as your brain being fooled. The research says something stranger. They are what correct seeing looks like when you hand it a rigged input.

The Visual Cortex: Two Streams, One for Seeing and One for Doing

The Visual Cortex: Two Streams, One for Seeing and One for Doing image
Your brain builds what you see in one pathway and guides what you do in another. Brain damage can destroy either one and leave the other working perfectly.