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A new perceptual illusion reveals mechanisms of sensory decoding

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  • Mehrdad Jazayeri

    (Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • J. Anthony Movshon

    (Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA)

Abstract

Levels of perception Perceptual illusions are usually thought to arise from the way sensory signals are encoded by the brain. But there is an alternative explanation. Illusions might also result from a more 'downstream' part of the neural network, at the point where the brain decodes sensory information according to the strategies suited to particular tasks. Experiments in normal subjects estimating the direction of motion of a random dot pattern relative to a fixed boundary reveal a consistent misjudgement, suggesting that the subjective experience of motion does not arise directly from the responses of sensory neurons, but develops after those responses have been decoded.

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  • Mehrdad Jazayeri & J. Anthony Movshon, 2007. "A new perceptual illusion reveals mechanisms of sensory decoding," Nature, Nature, vol. 446(7138), pages 912-915, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:446:y:2007:i:7138:d:10.1038_nature05739
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05739
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