ABSTRACT

Explanation of binocular rivalry is taken as a classic illustration of hierarchical predictive coding’s explanatory power. I revisit the account and show that it cannot explain the role of reward in binocular rivalry. I show that a modified version of the predictive processing approach may account for the role of reward by recasting it as a form of optimism bias. Accepting this account, however, is at odds with the epistemic commitments favored by proponents of hierarchical predictive coding.

中文翻译：

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分层预测编码可以解释双目竞争吗？

抽象的

对双目竞争的解释被当作经典的分层预测编码解释力的例证。我重述了该说明，并表明它无法解释奖励在双目竞争中的作用。我表明，预测处理方法的修改版可以通过将奖励重铸为一种乐观偏见的形式来解释奖励的作用。但是，接受这种说法与分层预测编码的支持者所支持的认知承诺是不一致的。