How the Brain Creates Culture - Mind Brain Behavior Distinguished Lecture
Harvard University via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Sticklebacks use publicly available information from observing others
We automatically mimic the facial expressions of others
Expression of fear enhances perception, while expression of disgust dampens it
Actions are contagious
Activity in PSTS reflects intention prediction errors
A Bayesian account of action perception
Bottom-up & top-down effects on the experience of action
A hierarchical Bayesian model of the brain A discrepancy between sensory evidence & prior expectation generates a prediction error This error is the evidence for the next level of the hierarchy
Bottom-up & top-down experiments on vision
Discussions of the experience of action can alter subsequent behaviour
experimental design
Optimally interacting minds discussion is necessary for optimal interaction, but feedback knowledge of results is not necessary
Weighted confidence sharing Decision & confidence are communicated
group advantage is predicted from the weighted confidence sharing model
Are there cultural differences in the experience of agency?
Does frontopolar cortex have a special role in the creation of culture?
Taught by
Harvard University