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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • The distinction between an experience's felt presence and its detailed content is often conflated.
  • Predictive processing offers a computational framework for understanding perception and cognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and elaborate on the distinction between perceptual presence and volumetric content.
  • To explain this distinction using the agent-active and object-active expectations within predictive processing.
  • To explore the implications for virtual reality and the relationship between predictive processing and enactivism.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical argumentation.
  • Conceptual analysis within the predictive processing framework.
  • Case study analysis of virtual reality technologies.

Main Results:

  • Perceptual presence is primarily driven by agent-active expectations.
  • Volumetric content is primarily driven by object-active expectations.
  • Virtual reality experiences illustrate the interplay between these two types of expectations.

Conclusions:

  • The distinction between perceptual presence and volumetric content provides a novel perspective on subjective experience.
  • Predictive processing offers a robust framework for understanding these distinct aspects of perception.
  • This framework has implications for designing immersive technologies and understanding embodied cognition.