The Paradox of the Self-Studying Brain

Physics of Life Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 52, P. 197 - 204

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Thoughts and thinkers: On the complementarity between objects and processes

Physics of Life Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 52, P. 256 - 273

Published: Jan. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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Forgetting ourselves in flow: an active inference account of flow states and how we experience ourselves within them

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: June 3, 2024

Flow has been described as a state of optimal performance, experienced universally across broad range domains: from art to athletics, gaming writing. However, its phenomenal characteristics can, at first glance, be puzzling. Firstly, individuals in flow supposedly report loss self-awareness, even though they perform manner which seems evince their agency and skill. Secondly, states are felt effortless, despite the prerequisite complexity tasks that engender them. In this paper, we unpick these features flow, well others, through active inference framework, posits action perception forms Bayesian directed sustained self-organisation; i.e., minimisation variational free energy. We propose phenomenology is rooted deployment high precision weight over (i) expected sensory consequences (ii) beliefs about how will sequentially unfold. This computational mechanism thus draws embodied cognitive system minimise ensuing (i.e., expected) energy exploitation pragmatic affordances hand. Furthermore, given challenging dynamics flow-inducing situation presents, attention must wholly focussed on unfolding task whilst counterfactual planning restricted, leading attested sense self-as-object. involves inhibition both self temporally extended object higher-order, meta-cognitive self-conceptualisation. Nevertheless, stress self-awareness not entirely lost flow. Rather, it pre-reflective bodily. Our approach bodily-action-centred can applied similar facets seemingly agentive experience beyond canonical states, providing insights into mechanisms so-called selfless experiences, expertise wellbeing.

Language: Английский

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Medical Decision-Making Amid Insufficient, Unreliable or Conflicting Empirical Evidence

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Making the Thermodynamic Cost of Active Inference Explicit

Entropy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(8), P. 622 - 622

Published: July 24, 2024

When describing Active Inference Agents (AIAs), the term "energy" can have two distinct meanings. One is energy that utilized by AIA (e.g., electrical or chemical energy). The second meaning so-called Variational Free Energy (VFE), a statistical quantity which provides an upper bound on surprisal. In this paper, we develop account of former quantity-the Thermodynamic (TFE)-and its relationship with latter. We highlight necessary tradeoffs between these in generic, quantum information-theoretic formulation, and macroscopic consequences those for ways organisms approach their environments. By making tradeoff explicit, provide theoretical basis different metabolic strategies from plants to predators use survive.

Language: Английский

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Forgetting Ourselves in Flow: An Active Inference Account of Flow States and How We Experience Ourselves Within Them

Published: Dec. 7, 2023

Flow has been described as a state of optimal performance, experienced universally across broad range domains: from art to athletics, gaming writing. However, its phenomenal characteristics can, at first glance, be puzzling. Firstly, individuals in flow supposedly report loss self-awareness, even though they perform manner which seems evince their agency and skill. Secondly, states are felt effortless, despite the prerequisite complexity tasks that engender them. In this paper, we unpick these features flow, well others, through active inference framework, posits action perception forms Bayesian directed sustained self-organisation; i.e., minimisation variational free energy. We propose phenomenology is rooted deployment high precision weight over i) expected sensory consequences ii) beliefs about how will sequentially unfold. This computational mechanism thus draws embodied cognitive system minimise ensuing (i.e., expected) energy exploitation pragmatic affordances hand. Furthermore, given challenging dynamics flow-inducing situation presents, attention must wholly focussed on unfolding task whilst counterfactual planning restricted, leading attested sense self-as-object. involves inhibition both self temporally extended object higher–order, meta-cognitive self-conceptualisation. Nevertheless, stress self-awareness not entirely lost flow. Rather, it pre-reflective bodily. Our approach bodily-action-centred can applied similar facets seemingly agentive experience beyond canonical states, providing insights into mechanisms so-called selfless experiences, expertise wellbeing.

Language: Английский

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Nash Equilibria and Undecidability in Generic Physical Interactions—A Free Energy Perspective

Games, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 30 - 30

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

We start from the fundamental premise that any physical interaction can be interpreted as a game. To demonstrate this, we draw upon free energy principle and theory of quantum reference frames. In this way, place game-theoretic Nash Equilibrium in new light so far incompleteness undecidability concept, well nature strategies general, seen consequences certain no-go theorems. show games generic imitation type follow circularity idealization includes good regulator theorem, generalized synchrony, Turing test. discuss Bayesian Bell non-locality establish basics games, which relate to local operations classical communication protocols. light, also review rationality gaming players’ point view.

Language: Английский

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Meta-learning goes hand-in-hand with metacognition

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 47

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Binz et al. propose a general framework for meta-learning and contrast it with built-by-hand Bayesian models. We comment on some architectural assumptions of the approach, its relation to active inference framework, potential applicability living systems in general, advantages latter addressing explanation problem.

Language: Английский

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Cortical development in the structural model and free energy minimization

Cerebral Cortex, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(10)

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Abstract A model of neocortical development invoking Friston’s Free Energy Principle is applied within the Structural Model Barbas et al. and associated functional interpretation advanced by Tucker Luu. Evolution a neural field with Hebbian anti-Hebbian plasticity, maximizing synchrony minimizing axonal length apoptotic selection, leads to paired connection systems mirror symmetry, interacting via Markov blankets along their line reflection. Applied radial lines in Model, primary blanket emerges between centrifugal synaptic flux layers 2,3 5,6, versus centripetal flow layer 4, orientations 4 give rise differing shape movement sensitivities characteristic neurons dorsal ventral neocortex. Prediction error minimization integrates limbic subcortical networks Synaptic bypassing triggers arousal response surprising stimuli, enabling subsequent adaptation. As progresses ubiquitous separated enclosed blankets-within-blankets arise throughout neocortex, creating typical order characteristics columnar noncolumnar cortex.

Language: Английский

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ER = EPR is an operational theorem

Physics Letters B, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 139150 - 139150

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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