Seeing a Bayesian Ghost: Sensorimotor Activation Leads to an Illusory Social Perception
• Expecting a response to a social action can lead to an illusion of another person
• The brain does not merely respond to social signals but anticipates social behavior
• Sensorimotor activity indicates top-down predictions that outweigh sensory input
• Illusory social perception is associated with sensorimotor and parietal activity