Expected Experiences : The Predictive Mind in an Uncertain World

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Expected ExperiencesThe Predictive Mind in an Uncertain World\nAuthor(s): Tony Cheng, Ryoji Sato, Jakob Hohwy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367535476, 978-0367535476\nSynopsis\nThis book brings together perspectives on predictive processing and expected experience. It features contributions from an interdisciplinary group of authors specializing in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.\n\nPredictive processing, or predictive coding, is the theory that the brain constantly minimizes the error of its predictions based on the sensory input it receives from the world. This process of prediction error minimization has numerous implications for different forms of conscious and perceptual experience. The chapters in this volume explore these implications and various phenomena related to them. The contributors tackle issues related to precision estimation, sensory prediction, probabilistic perce.