A functional theory of bistable perception based on dynamical circular inference
Fig 7
Predicted effects of CI strength on bistable perception.
(A.) Relative predominance (RP) as a function of the strength of sensory evidence in favor (positive drift) or against (negative drift) the preferred configuration (i.e., μnoise) for increasing sensory gain (including ascending loops), from light to dark gray. (B.) Mean phase duration of the preferred and nonpreferred configuration. (C.) The same as (A.) but with no ascending loops and increasing descending loops, from light to dark blue. (D.) The same as (B.), with no ascending loops and increasing descending loops. (E.) The probability of persistence of the preferred (blue) and nonpreferred (red) configuration during the intermittent presentation of an ambiguous stimulus (stimulus duration 200 ms, OFF-duration 5 s) as a function of the ascending loops aS (aP = 0.5). (F.) The same as (E.), but as a function of the descending loops aP (aP = 0). All the other parameters were kept constant across simulations: wS = 1; ron = 0.5; roff = 0.48.