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A Bayesian model of visual motion perception describes how the brain combines assumptions with evidence. A new study in this issue tests and expands the model, building connections between perception, the environment and neural responses.*

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Figure 1: The Bayesian model of speed perception, and its predictions.

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  1. *NOTE: In the version of this article originally published in print and online, the abstract contained an error. The abstract should read “A Bayesian model of visual motion perception describes how the brain combines assumptions with evidence. A new study in this issue tests and expands the model, building connections between perception, the environment and neural responses.” The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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Carandini, M. Measuring the brain's assumptions. Nat Neurosci 9, 468–470 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0406-468

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