Attention, uncertainty and free-energy

We suggested recently that attention can be understood as inferring the level of uncertainty or precision during hierarchical perception. In this paper, we try to substantiate this claim using neuronal simulations of directed spatial attention and biased competition. These simulations assume that...

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Main Authors: Harriet eFeldman, Karl eFriston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00215/full