New research, using a Bayesian inference model of audio and visual stimuli, has shown how our perception of time lies mid-way between reality and our expectations. New research, using a Bayesian ...

Bayesian observer models provide a principled account of the fact that our perception of the world rarely matches physical reality. The standard explanation is that our percepts are biased toward our ...

Human perception is based on mathematically optimal principles, but the brain implements those principles imperfectly, suggests new research. Human perception is based on mathematically optimal ...