We describe a model of visual processing in which feedback connections from a higher- to a lower-order visual cortical area carry predictions of lower-level neural activities, whereas the feedforward ...

In this post, the last of a five-part series, we will acquire an understanding of various theories that emphasize the importance of top-down signaling in shaping and enabling conscious perception.

During the 15 months (1994-95) I spent as a legal assistant before law school, I remember well passing conference rooms with hundreds of bankers’ boxes, even more organized binders, tens of thousand ...