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Nature Neuroscience 9, 468 - 470 (2006)
Corrected online: 09 June 2006 | doi:10.1038/nn0406-468


There is an Erratum (July 2006) associated with this News and Views.

Measuring the brain's assumptions

Matteo Carandini

Matteo Carandini is at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, 2318 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. matteo@ski.org

A Bayesian model of visual motion perception describes how the brain combines assumptions with evidence. A new study in this issue tests and expands the model, building connections between perception, the environment and neural responses.

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