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Attention alters predictive processing.

Andy Clark1

  • 1School of Philosophy,Psychology,and Language Sciences,University of Edinburgh,Edinburgh EH8 9AD,United Kingdomandy.clark@ed.ac.ukhttp://edin.ac/1tqX3sO.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
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Attention influences perception through profound, pervasive, non-peripheral effects, challenging traditional views. Emerging neurocomputational models suggest attention deeply impacts cognitive processing, not just sensory input.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Perception Psychology

Background:

  • Traditional models view attention as peripheral, modifying sensory input without altering core processing.
  • This perspective, exemplified by Firestone & Scholl (F&S), limits the scope of attention's influence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an alternative framework for understanding attention's role in perception.
  • To highlight neurocomputational models suggesting non-peripheral attentional effects.

Main Methods:

  • Review and synthesis of emerging neurocomputational models.
  • Conceptual analysis contrasting new models with traditional 'peripheral' attention theories.

Main Results:

  • Emerging models propose attention exerts profound and pervasive influences on perception.

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  • These influences are not merely peripheral but affect the processing itself.

    • Conclusions:

    • Attention's impact on perception is more fundamental than previously assumed.
    • This reframes empirical and theoretical debates on top-down influences in cognition.