title: Expecting ourselves to expect: the Bayesian brain as a projector.
abstract: Clark's essay lays the foundation for a Bayesian account of the "projection" of consciously perceived properties: The expectations that our brains test against inputs concern the particular affordances that evolution has designed us to care about, including especially expectations of our own expectations.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA. ddennett@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Dennett
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*