Framing Spatial Hearing within the Free Energy Principle: A Hierarchical Model of Perceptual Learning

arXiv:2610.23196v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Spatial hearing relies on dynamic internal representations to decode spatial information from ever-changing acoustic conditions. A fundamental example is sound localisation, where listeners infer the direction of an invisible sound. Bayesian inference provides a computational account of such a localisation process; however, modelling efforts are largely limited to static listening scenarios. Instead, the free energy principle (FEP) describes perception, learning, and action as joint minimisation of variational free energy (VFE), providing a pri

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