Perceptual multistability: a window for a multi-facet understanding of psychiatric disorders

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Hauptverfasser: Safavi, Shervin, Rolland, Danaé, Sterzer, Philipp, Jardri, Renaud, Leptourgos, Pantelis
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author Safavi, Shervin
Rolland, Danaé
Sterzer, Philipp
Jardri, Renaud
Leptourgos, Pantelis
author_facet Safavi, Shervin
Rolland, Danaé
Sterzer, Philipp
Jardri, Renaud
Leptourgos, Pantelis
contents Perceptual multistability, observed across species and sensory modalities, offers valuable insights into numerous cognitive functions and dysfunctions. For instance, differences in temporal dynamics and information integration during percept formation often distinguish clinical from non-clinical populations. Computational psychiatry can elucidate these variations, through two primary approaches: (i) Bayesian modeling, which treats perception as an unconscious inference, and (ii) an active, information-seeking perspective (e.g., reinforcement learning) framing perceptual switches as internal actions. Our synthesis aims to leverage multistability to bridge these computational psychiatry subfields, linking human and animal studies as well as connecting behavior to underlying neural mechanisms. Perceptual multistability emerges as a promising non-invasive tool for clinical applications, facilitating translational research and enhancing our mechanistic understanding of cognitive processes and their impairments.
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spellingShingle Perceptual multistability: a window for a multi-facet understanding of psychiatric disorders
Safavi, Shervin
Rolland, Danaé
Sterzer, Philipp
Jardri, Renaud
Leptourgos, Pantelis
Neurons and Cognition
Perceptual multistability, observed across species and sensory modalities, offers valuable insights into numerous cognitive functions and dysfunctions. For instance, differences in temporal dynamics and information integration during percept formation often distinguish clinical from non-clinical populations. Computational psychiatry can elucidate these variations, through two primary approaches: (i) Bayesian modeling, which treats perception as an unconscious inference, and (ii) an active, information-seeking perspective (e.g., reinforcement learning) framing perceptual switches as internal actions. Our synthesis aims to leverage multistability to bridge these computational psychiatry subfields, linking human and animal studies as well as connecting behavior to underlying neural mechanisms. Perceptual multistability emerges as a promising non-invasive tool for clinical applications, facilitating translational research and enhancing our mechanistic understanding of cognitive processes and their impairments.
title Perceptual multistability: a window for a multi-facet understanding of psychiatric disorders
topic Neurons and Cognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18176