Topic: Bayesian predictive processing

Humans continuously learn the properties of their environment, allowing them to predict and prepare for future (sensory) events. Bayesian predictive processing posits that these expectations play a major role in sensory processing, perception being the result of their integration with sensory evidence in this framework. Placebo hypoalgesia (when expectations of pain relief are sufficient to relieve pain) is probably the best example of expectations biassing perception. In this experiment, we manipulated pain expectations using a classic probabilistic reversal learning task (2 visual cues assoc