Pellicano, L;
Burr, D;
(2012)
When the world becomes 'too real': A Bayesian explanation of autistic perception.
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
, 16
(10)
pp. 504-510.
10.1016/j.tics.2012.08.009.
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Abstract
Perceptual experience is influenced both by incoming sensory information and prior knowledge about the world, a concept recently formalised within Bayesian decision theory. We propose that Bayesian models can be applied to autism – a neurodevelopmental condition with atypicalities in sensation and perception – to pinpoint fundamental differences in perceptual mechanisms. We suggest specifically that attenuated Bayesian priors – ‘hypo-priors’ – may be responsible for the unique perceptual experience of autistic people, leading to a tendency to perceive the world more accurately rather than modulated by prior experience. In this account, we consider how hypo-priors might explain key features of autism – the broad range of sensory and other non-social atypicalities – in addition to the phenomenological differences in autistic perception.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | When the world becomes 'too real': A Bayesian explanation of autistic perception |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tics.2012.08.009 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2012.08.009 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2012. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476122 |
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