Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone cover image

BS 167 Stanislas Dehaene explores "How We Learn"

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

00:00

El cerebro es un predictor, está constantemente anticipando lo que va a suceder.

Our brains are better at understanding probabilities when conveyed as integers rather than decimal numbers. Bayesian statistics applied to the adult brain show that our brains are good at estimating probabilities and anticipating events. The brain constantly generates probabilistic predictions and compares the actual outcomes with those predictions, using a theory called predictive coding. This innate ability helps in learning by detecting errors between predictions and actual outcomes.

Play episode from 18:48
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app