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Sensorimotor predictions, learned associations between stimuli and actions, significantly influence conscious visual perception. This research demonstrates how our actions shape our conscious experience of the world.

Keywords:

breaking-CFS consciousness continuous flash suppression perception unconscious processing

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Psychology
Philosophy of Mind

Background:

Predictive processing theories suggest conscious experience is shaped by predictions about the world.
These predictions may include how the world changes in response to our actions (sensorimotor contingencies).

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if learned sensorimotor predictions influence conscious visual experience.
To test the action-oriented predictive processing approach to perception.

Main Methods:

Two experiments employed instrumental conditioning to establish sensorimotor predictions.
A breaking continuous flash suppression task measured conscious perception speed for congruent and incongruent stimuli-action pairings.

Main Results:

Experiment 1 showed no significant influence of sensorimotor predictions on conscious perception.
Experiment 2 revealed significantly faster conscious perception for congruent pairings.
Meta-analysis confirmed the effect, supporting sensorimotor predictions' influence.

Conclusions:

Sensorimotor predictions, learned through conditioning, demonstrably shape conscious visual experience.
Findings support the action-oriented predictive processing framework for conscious perception.