Robotics is increasingly seen as a useful test bed for computational models of the brain
functional architecture underlying animal behavior. We provide an overview of past and …

Abstract Purpose of Review In order to better treat pain, we must understand its architecture
and pathways. Many modulatory approaches of pain management strategies are only poorly …

Abstract Rieger et al.(Psychol Res 2023: 1–10, 2023) describe action imagery as motor
simulation. Inverse models encode predicted action effects and compute muscle commands …

The fear-avoidance model is a well-established framework in the understanding of
persistent pain. It proposes a dichotomous path: either the context is interpreted as safe; …

This paper develops a measure of realism from within the framework of cognitive structural
realism (CSR). It argues that in the context of CSR, realism can be operationalised in terms …

This book documents a paradigm shift, not only in the sciences but also in society.
Everywhere in society systems are becoming networks. This implies not only a new …

Capacity for generativity and unlimited association is the defining characteristic of sentience,
and this capacity somehow arises from neuronal self-organization in the cortex. We have …

The claim that the free energy principle is somehow related to Hamilton's principle in
statistical mechanics is ubiquitous throughout the subject literature. However, the exact …

ABSTRACT A typical expository strategy for the predictive processing account begins with
perception and then extends to other cognitive domains, such as action or non-human …

This book could not have been written without support from the inhabitant of a large
basement, just outside of Reading. Here, in a space that looks like the offspring of Nasa's …