beausievers

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   by beausievers 7y ago

   Thanks for the comment. Thoughts not dissimilar from yours are what drove us to undertake these studies. :) I definitely suspect that predictive processing in the brain is part of the story, and we discuss that a bit in the paper. Interesti
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   by beausievers 7y ago

   In the paper we do take a shot at explaining why. Specifically, we draw from the literature on cognitive ethology to argue that the ability to quickly and reliably read out emotion content from low-level stimulus features provides better pr
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   by beausievers 7y ago

   I am first author on this paper; glad to see it getting discussed on Hacker News. Here's a free, non-paywalled link to a pre-print version of the paper: https://psyarxiv.com/wucs4 And here's a paywalled link to th