49 points | by rbanffy 9 days ago ago
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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
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
> 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.
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
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
> 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.