%A Panichello,Matthew %A Cheung,Olivia %A Bar,Moshe %D 2013 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K Predictions,context,object recognition,priming,Visual awareness,Top-Down,Perception,Associative Processing %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00620 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2013-January-21 %9 Review %+ Mr Matthew Panichello,Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School,Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging,149 Thirteenth St., Suite 2301,Charlestown,02129,Massachusetts,United States,panichem@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu %# %! Predictions and conscious perception. %* %< %T Predictive Feedback and Conscious Visual Experience %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00620 %V 3 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X The human brain continuously generates predictions about the environment based on learned regularities in the world. These predictions actively and efficiently facilitate the interpretation of incoming sensory information. We review evidence that, as a result of this facilitation, predictions directly influence conscious experience. Specifically, we propose that predictions enable rapid generation of conscious percepts and bias the contents of awareness in situations of uncertainty. The possible neural mechanisms underlying this facilitation are discussed.