Neural coding of prior expectations in hierarchical intention inference

Abstract The ability to infer other people’s intentions is crucial for successful human social interactions. Such inference relies on an adaptive interplay of sensory evidence and prior expectations. Crucially, this interplay would also depend on the type of intention inferred, i.e., on how abstract...

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Main Authors: Valerian Chambon, Philippe Domenech, Pierre O. Jacquet, Guillaume Barbalat, Sophie Bouton, Elisabeth Pacherie, Etienne Koechlin, Chlöé Farrer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01414-y