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framework:perceptual-reality-monitoring-theory-prmPerceptual Reality Monitoring Theory (PRM)
A computational HOT claiming that consciousness depends on metacognitive monitoring distinguishing reliable perceptual representations from noise.
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- HOT-3: Agency guided by a general belief-formation system, with strong disposition to update beliefs per monitoring outputsassociated_withIndicator: consumer system that relies on 'real' tagged perceptions for rational action.
- HOT-4: Sparse and smooth coding generating a 'quality space'associated_withIndicator: representation format providing qualitative character via similarity/discriminability.
- HOT-2: Metacognitive monitoring distinguishing reliable perceptual representations from noiseassociated_withIndicator: reality monitoring mechanism assigning veracity probabilities.
- HOT-1: Generative, top-down or noisy perception modulesassociated_withIndicator: multiple sources of perceptual activity including top-down and noise required for reality monitoring.
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- Control-theoretic framework being developed in neuroscience and robotics; proposed as applicable to understanding collective problem-solving in morphogenesis.
- Process of inferring causes of sensory information; unified with value learning as integral aspects of free energy minimization.
- A neuroscientific theory claiming that recurrent processing in perceptual areas is necessary and sufficient for conscious vision.
- Psychological theory of insight problem solving; enjoys empirical support from eye movement studies
- Model introduced in Figure 2 explaining how collective intelligence expands the spatiotemporal perceptual field of a group beyond any individual member's capacity.
- Research gap: developing PRH for non-bijective, lossy, or stochastic observation functions and abstract conceptsquestion0.723The authors identify that their formal convergence proof requires bijective modality mappings, leaving a gap for more realistic settings
- Theory that perception and cognition involve predictive coding; listed with indicators in Butlin et al. 2023.
- The process of inferring causes of sensory inputs, a key aspect of the free-energy minimization scheme.