The neurons that let us see what isn't there 4 months ago (arstechnica.com) 3 comments rbanffy Reply Add to library pixl97 4 months ago When talking about vision and what you see and don't I like bringing up the Your Brain: Perception Deception Nova PBS episode.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6LfXNeQM4Also Your Brain: Who's in control Nova PBShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6VOOd73MA kkylin 4 months ago Published paper:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02055-5Preprint on biorxiv:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.05.543698v1 layer8 4 months ago > In other words, [the visual system] makes “assumptions” about what we’re seeing based on what it already knows.Presumably there are also “can’t unsee” neurons similar to that.
pixl97 4 months ago When talking about vision and what you see and don't I like bringing up the Your Brain: Perception Deception Nova PBS episode.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6LfXNeQM4Also Your Brain: Who's in control Nova PBShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6VOOd73MA
kkylin 4 months ago Published paper:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02055-5Preprint on biorxiv:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.05.543698v1
layer8 4 months ago > In other words, [the visual system] makes “assumptions” about what we’re seeing based on what it already knows.Presumably there are also “can’t unsee” neurons similar to that.
When talking about vision and what you see and don't I like bringing up the Your Brain: Perception Deception Nova PBS episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6LfXNeQM4
Also Your Brain: Who's in control Nova PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6VOOd73MA
Published paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02055-5
Preprint on biorxiv:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.05.543698v1
> In other words, [the visual system] makes “assumptions” about what we’re seeing based on what it already knows.
Presumably there are also “can’t unsee” neurons similar to that.