A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience. It is the theory that the brain is essentially a
hypothesis-testing mechanism, one that attempts to minimise the error of its predictions …

Visual attention unfolds across space and time to prioritize a subset of incoming visual
information. Distinct in key ways from spatial attention, temporal attention is a growing …

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by problems with social-
communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. A recent and thought-provoking …

The human brain continuously generates predictions about the environment based on
learned regularities in the world. These predictions actively and efficiently facilitate the …

How do expectations influence transitions between unconscious and conscious perceptual
processing? According to the influential predictive processing framework, perceptual content …

Perception can be cast as a process of inference, in which bottom-up signals are combined
with top-down predictions in sensory systems. In line with this, neural activity in sensory …

Previous work has shown that predictive coding can provide a detailed explanation of a very
wide range of low-level perceptual processes. It is also widely believed that predictive …

The global neuronal workspace (GNW) model has inspired over two decades of hypothesis-
driven research on the neural basis of consciousness. However, recent studies have …

What has transpired immediately before has a strong influence on how sensory stimuli are
processed and perceived. In particular, temporal context can have contrastive effects …

Agency detection is a central concept in the cognitive science of religion (CSR).
Experimental studies, however, have so far failed to lend support to some of the most …