[HTML][HTML] Variational ecology and the physics of sentient systems

MJD Ramstead, A Constant, PB Badcock… - Physics of life Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the challenges faced by multiscale formulations of the variational (free
energy) approach to dynamics that obtain for large-scale ensembles. We review a …

Play in predictive minds: A cognitive theory of play.

MM Andersen, J Kiverstein, M Miller… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
In this article, we argue that a predictive processing framework (PP) may provide elements
for a proximate model of play in children and adults. We propose that play is a behavior in …

[图书][B] Evolutionary psychopathology: A unified approach

M Del Giudice - 2018 - books.google.com
Mental disorders arise from neural and psychological mechanisms that have been built and
shaped by natural selection across our evolutionary history. Looking at psychopathology …

Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying emotional awareness: insights afforded by deep active inference and their potential clinical relevance

R Smith, RD Lane, T Parr, KJ Friston - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2019 - Elsevier
Emotional awareness (EA) is recognized as clinically relevant to the vulnerability to, and
maintenance of, psychiatric disorders. However, the neurocomputational processes that …

[HTML][HTML] Stress and its sequelae: An active inference account of the etiological pathway from allostatic overload to depression

I Arnaldo, AW Corcoran, KJ Friston… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Survival requires the implementation of adaptive changes that demand energy resources.
The efficient regulation of energetic resources thus plays a critical role in enabling systems …

From allostatic agents to counterfactual cognisers: active inference, biological regulation, and the origins of cognition

AW Corcoran, G Pezzulo, J Hohwy - Biology & Philosophy, 2020 - Springer
What is the function of cognition? On one influential account, cognition evolved to co-
ordinate behaviour with environmental change or complexity (Godfrey-Smith in Complexity …

The self on its axis: a framework for understanding depression

CG Davey, BJ Harrison - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The self is experienced differently in depression. It is infused with pervasive low mood, and
structured by negative self-related thoughts. The concept of the self has been difficult to …

Representation wars: Enacting an armistice through active inference

A Constant, A Clark, KJ Friston - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over the last 30 years, representationalist and dynamicist positions in the philosophy of
cognitive science have argued over whether neurocognitive processes should be viewed as …

Depression subtyping based on evolutionary psychiatry: proximate mechanisms and ultimate functions

MJ Rantala, S Luoto, I Krams, H Karlsson - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 2018 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder constitutes one of the leading causes of disability worldwide.
However, it is not a unitary disease—it is a heterogeneous syndrome, with patients differing …

Précis of cognitive gadgets: The cultural evolution of thinking

C Heyes - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019 - cambridge.org
Cognitive gadgets are distinctively human cognitive mechanisms–such as imitation, mind
reading, and language–that have been shaped by cultural rather than genetic evolution …