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#649 - Anil Seth - Does Your Brain Hallucinate Conscious Reality?
Modern Wisdom
The Importance of Predictive Perception
In one experiment, we wanted to simulate what it would be like when people's brains had overly strong perceptual predictions. So a little more hallucination, a little less control in the controlled hallucination. We did this with a 360 degree panoramic video of Sussex University. And then we gave people headsets, virtual reality headsets to wear so they could look around in all directions and see what was going on. It's a really immersive experience. The initial experiment was just a proof of concept. It wasn't really like any specific experience. People said it was a bit like psychedelic, but I don’t think it was. Now what we're doing is making it much more specific.
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