Predictive coding is possibly one of the most influential, comprehensive, and controversial
theories of neural function. While proponents praise its explanatory potential, critics object …

Active inference provides a simple and neurobiologically plausible account of how action
and perception are coupled in producing (Bayes) optimal behaviour. This can be seen most …

The term “predictive brain” depicts one of the most relevant concepts in cognitive
neuroscience which emphasizes the importance of “looking into the future”, namely …

The sense of agency (SoA) refers to perceived causality of the self, ie the feeling of causing
something to happen. The SoA has been probed using a variety of explicit and implicit …

Sensory processing of action effects has been shown to differ from that of externally
triggered stimuli, with respect both to the perceived timing of their occurrence (intentional …

Attention is a hypothetical mechanism in the service of perception that facilitates the
processing of relevant information and inhibits the processing of irrelevant information …

The processing of interoceptive signals in the insular cortex is thought to underlie self-
awareness. However, the influence of interoception on visual awareness and the role of the …

The auditory system essentially deals with sequential type of input and thus requires
processing that is particularly suited to extract stimulus relations within a sequence …

Motor actions are preceded by an efference copy of the motor command, resulting in a
corollary discharge of the expected sensation in sensory cortex. These mechanisms allow …

Voluntary actions are thought to be selected with respect to their intended goal. Converging
data suggests that medial frontal cortex plays a crucial role in linking actions to their …