Many people report a form of internal language known as inner speech (IS). This review
examines recent growth of research interest in the phenomenon, which has broadly …

In the last two decades, neuroscience studies have suggested that various psychological
phenomena are produced by predictive processes in the brain. When considered together …

The aim of this paper is twofold:(1) to assess whether the construct of neural representations
plays an explanatory role under the variational free-energy principle and its corollary …

There is no single overarching theoretical framework that accounts for how we learn in all
situations. There are many theories of how we learn from our experiences and there are …

Objective The mechanisms underlying the perception and experience of persistent physical
symptoms are not well understood, and in the models, the specific relevance of peripheral …

Loneliness can be operationalized as the actual or perceived absence of those social
relationships that serve to meet basic emotional needs. In contrast to solitude, a chosen …

The Phenomenological Mind, Third Edition introduces fundamental questions about the
mind from the perspective of phenomenology. One of the outstanding books in the field, now …

We propose a new conceptualization of pain by incorporating advancements made by
phenomenologists and cognitive scientists. The biomedical understanding of pain is …

The goal of this short chapter, aimed at philosophers, is to provide an overview and brief
explanation of some central concepts involved in predictive processing (PP). Even those …

This article considers the evolution of brain architectures for predictive processing. We argue
that brain mechanisms for predictive perception and action are not late evolutionary …