PSY2002 W6 Reading

Question 1

What was the conclusion of the paper?

Answer 1

Good progress was made in understanding how the brain combines and integrates
different sources of information (neuroscience, cognitive science, computer vision, robotics and mathematics)

Brain reduces the variance
in the integrated estimate and increases the robustness of
the percept by combining and integrating sources of
sensory information from within and across modalities.

We argue that to perform optimally the system has to have on-line access not only to the sensory estimate but also to its reliability.