An animated illustration shows a person looking at a scalloped shape with three rounded projections peeking out above a brick wall. The person's head is depicted as containing a paper label that is blank. On the label, different words appear — clown, tree, balloons, sheep — one at a time. Just a moment after the word appears, the illustration of the object, including the scalloped shape, appears on the wall.

A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World

An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet.

Quanta Magazine
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