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Perception

default assumption that light comes from above, used to resolve ambiguous shading, which can be shifted by experience.

In perception, light-from-above prior refers to default assumption that light comes from above, used to resolve ambiguous shading, which can be shifted by experience. This meaning comes from Adams (2004) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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References

Adams, W. J., Graf, E. W., & Ernst, M. O. (2004). Experience can change the 'light-from-above' prior. Nature Neuroscience, 7(10), 1057-1058. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1312

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