The neurons that let us see what isn't there 6 days ago (arstechnica.com) 3 comments rbanffy Reply Add to library pixl97 17 hours 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 layer8 3 hours 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. kkylin 9 hours 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
pixl97 17 hours 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
layer8 3 hours 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.
kkylin 9 hours 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
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
> 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.
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