ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences2019
Hallucinations and Strong Priors.
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257 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Alpha Frequency Dysrhythmia in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Associations with EEG Background Changes, Disorganized Symptoms, and Dissociation.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- ICU Delirium as a Failure of Predictive Synchronization: A Two-Agent Active Inference Model.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Individual threat-relevance accelerates belief-updating in conditioned hallucinations.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- pyhgf: A neural network library for predictive coding.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hallucinations, perceptions in the absence of objectively identifiable stimuli, illustrate the constructive nature of perception. Here, we highlight the role of prior beliefs as a critical elicitor of hallucinations. Recent empirical work from independent laboratories shows strong, overly precise priors can engender hallucinations in healthy subjects and that individuals who hallucinate in the real world are more susceptible to these laboratory phenomena. We consider these observations in light of work demonstrating apparently weak, or imprecise, priors in psychosis. Appreciating the interactions within and between hierarchies of inference can reconcile this apparent disconnect. Data from neural networks, human behavior, and neuroimaging support this contention. This work underlines the continuum from normal to aberrant perception, encouraging a more empathic approach to clinical hallucinations.
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