Lisa Feldman Barrett - Your Emotions Aren't What You Think
Mind & Life
Perception is a Filtered Reflection of Experience
The brain continuously processes information through a complex web of context, including environmental cues, body language, and past experiences. It employs a probabilistic approach, similar to Bayesian logic, to prioritize which sensory data to focus on. This selective filtering means that not all stimuli are processed equally; only those deemed significant or unexpected are registered. Consequently, individual past experiences shape how we perceive current interactions, highlighting that our understanding of the present is intricately linked to our histories.
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