Constructing priors in synesthesia

Cogn Neurosci. 2014;5(2):124-6. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2014.905520. Epub 2014 Apr 7.

Abstract

A new theoretical framework (PPSMC) applicable to synesthesia has been proposed, in which the discrepancy between the perceptual reality of (some) synesthetic concurrents and their subjective non-veridicality is being explained. The PPSMC framework stresses the relevance of the phenomenology of synesthesia for synesthesia research-and beyond. When describing the emergence and persistence of synesthetic concurrents under PPSMC, it is proposed that precise, high-confidence priors are crucial in synesthesia. I discuss the construction of priors in synesthesia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Perception / physiology*
  • Perceptual Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Photic Stimulation*
  • Synesthesia