[HTML][HTML] The hierarchically mechanistic mind: A free-energy formulation of the human psyche
This article presents a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain called the
Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex …
Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex …
The hierarchically mechanistic mind: an evolutionary systems theory of the human brain, cognition, and behavior
The purpose of this review was to integrate leading paradigms in psychology and
neuroscience with a theory of the embodied, situated human brain, called the Hierarchically …
neuroscience with a theory of the embodied, situated human brain, called the Hierarchically …
Thinking through other minds: A variational approach to cognition and culture
The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …
Deep active inference as variational policy gradients
B Millidge - Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Active Inference is a theory arising from theoretical neuroscience which casts action and
planning as Bayesian inference problems to be solved by minimizing a single quantity—the …
planning as Bayesian inference problems to be solved by minimizing a single quantity—the …
The active inference approach to ecological perception: general information dynamics for natural and artificial embodied cognition
The emerging neurocomputational vision of humans as embodied, ecologically embedded,
social agents—who shape and are shaped by their environment—offers a golden …
social agents—who shape and are shaped by their environment—offers a golden …
An investigation of the free energy principle for emotion recognition
D Demekas, T Parr, KJ Friston - Frontiers in Computational …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This paper offers a prospectus of what might be achievable in the development of emotional
recognition devices. It provides a conceptual overview of the free energy principle; including …
recognition devices. It provides a conceptual overview of the free energy principle; including …
Surfing uncertainty with screams: predictive processing, error dynamics and horror films
Despite tremendous efforts in psychology, neuroscience and media and cultural studies, it is
still something of a mystery why humans are attracted to fictional content that is horrifying …
still something of a mystery why humans are attracted to fictional content that is horrifying …
Ambient smart environments: affordances, allostasis, and wellbeing
In this paper we assess the functionality and therapeutic potential of ambient smart
environments. We argue that the language of affordances alone fails to do justice to the …
environments. We argue that the language of affordances alone fails to do justice to the …
Emotional metacognition: stimulus valence modulates cardiac arousal and metamemory
Emotion alters how we feel, see, and experience the world. In the domain of memory, the
emotional valence and arousal of memorised stimuli can modulate both the acuity and …
emotional valence and arousal of memorised stimuli can modulate both the acuity and …
Affordance and active inference
K Friston - Affordances in Everyday Life: A Multidisciplinary …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter considers affordance from the point of view of active inference, namely, a first
principle account of how we choose what to sample from our sensorium. In brief, it considers …
principle account of how we choose what to sample from our sensorium. In brief, it considers …