How Our Brain Predicts Actions and Emotions: Insights into Perception
When someone throws a ball at you, your instinct to catch it kicks in almost immediately, even before you're fully conscious of it. This ability has led researchers to rethink how the brain processes information. Traditionally, it was believed that the brain worked like a camera, capturing images and processing them to initiate a response. However, new research by Christian Keysers, Giorgia Silani, and Valeria Gazzola suggests that the brain actually functions differently.
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- Christian Keysers, Giorgia Silani, Valeria Gazzola. Predictive coding for the actions and emotions of others and its deficits in autism spectrum disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024; 167: 105877 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105877
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