FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 18, 2020·2 min readMusic helps researchers find link between prediction and pleasureExposing subjects to music composed in an unfamiliar scale, researchers test whether reward can be derived solely from newly formed predictions.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 6, 2019·5 min read‘I knew that was going to happen:’ Déjà vu and the ‘postdictive’ biasWhen intense feelings of prediction accompanied deja vu, they were strongly correlated with feelings of postdiction. High degrees of familiarity that accompany deja vu also carry through to postdictive bias.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 20, 2018·4 min readTo Predict the Future, the Brain Has Two ClocksResearchers report there are two distinct ways in which we make temporal predictions, and these rely on different parts of the brain. The findings offer a new perspective on how humans calculate when to make a move.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 18, 2018·4 min readOur Brain Predicts Words Before They Are PronouncedResearchers report the brain is not only able to anticipate the conclusion of sentences, it can also anticipate an auditory stimulus and determine the phonemes or specific words a speaker is going to pronounce.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 14, 2018·4 min readCan Math Predict What You Will Do Next?Researchers consider how math and machine learning can help predict human behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·December 4, 2017·3 min readThe Human Brain Can “See” What’s Around the CornerAn fMRI study conducted by University of Glasgow researchers reveals how our brains can predict what our eyes will see next.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 8, 2017·4 min readHow Does the Brain Make Perceptual Predictions Over Time?Researchers propose a new framework to help explain how the brain is able to make predictions.Read More
