Higher-level concepts are unrolled through differing upward and feedback connections
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Current neuroscience literature supports the concept that higher-level cognitive and sensory processing relies on distinct feedforward and feedback neural connections.
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Vagus nerve stimulation as a predictive coding modulator that enhances feedforward over feedback transmission
2025 · cited by 3
The paper discusses how neural systems utilize differential feedforward and feedback circuits to modulate signal transmission in predictive coding frameworks.
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The neural dynamics of feedforward and feedback interactions in predictive processing
2022 · cited by 1
The review examines how cortical areas are reciprocally coupled via feedforward and feedback connections to process context-dependent stimuli and hierarchical predictions.