Fueled by developments in computational neuroscience, there has been increasing interest
in the underlying neurocomputational mechanisms of psychosis. One successful approach …

Interoception is the sensing of internal bodily sensations. Interoception is an umbrella term
that encompasses (1) the afferent (body‐to‐brain) signaling through distinct neural and …

Humans are voracious imaginers, with internal simulations supporting memory, planning
and decision-making. Because the neural mechanisms supporting imagery overlap with …

How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel,
create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world seem less predictable. Such crises can lead
people to feel that others are a threat. Here, we show that the initial phase of the pandemic …

Although conspiracy theories are endorsed by about half the population and occasionally
turn out to be true, they are more typically false beliefs that, by definition, have a paranoid …

A new theory is taking hold in neuroscience. It is the theory that the brain is essentially a
hypothesis-testing mechanism, one that attempts to minimise the error of its predictions …

This paper outlines a hierarchical Bayesian framework for interoception,
homeostatic/allostatic control, and meta-cognition that connects fatigue and depression to …

Delusions are commonly conceived as false beliefs that are held with certainty and which
cannot be corrected. This conception of delusion has been influential throughout the history …

Page 1 Atualizado de acordo com O DSM-5 e a CID-11 Paulo Dalgalarrondo PSICO patologia
e Semiologia dOs TranstOrnOs Mentais Page 2 Aviso Todo esforço foi feito para garantir a …