World models and predictive coding for cognitive and developmental robotics: frontiers and challenges

T Taniguchi, S Murata, M Suzuki, D Ognibene… - Advanced …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Creating autonomous robots that can actively explore the environment, acquire knowledge
and learn skills continuously is the ultimate achievement envisioned in cognitive and …

Active inference, morphogenesis, and computational psychiatry

L Pio-Lopez, F Kuchling, A Tung, G Pezzulo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Active inference is a leading theory in neuroscience that provides a simple and neuro-
biologically plausible account of how action and perception are coupled in producing …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating multifinal and equifinal pathways to developmental disorders by constructing real-world neurorobotic models

H Idei, Y Yamashita - Neural Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
Vigorous research has been conducted to accumulate biological and theoretical knowledge
about neurodevelopmental disorders, including molecular, neural, computational, and …

Deep predictive learning: Motion learning concept inspired by cognitive robotics

K Suzuki, H Ito, T Yamada, K Kase, T Ogata - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Bridging the gap between motion models and reality is crucial by using limited data to
deploy robots in the real world. Deep learning is expected to be generalized to diverse …

Emergence of sensory attenuation based upon the free-energy principle

H Idei, W Ohata, Y Yamashita, T Ogata, J Tani - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The brain attenuates its responses to self-produced exteroceptions (eg, we cannot tickle
ourselves). Is this phenomenon, known as sensory attenuation, enabled innately, or …

Simulating developmental diversity: Impact of neural stochasticity on atypical flexibility and hierarchy

T Soda, A Ahmadi, J Tani, M Honda… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Investigating the pathological mechanisms of developmental disorders is a
challenge because the symptoms are a result of complex and dynamic factors such as …

Emergence of number sense through the integration of multimodal information: developmental learning insights from neural network models

K Noda, T Soda, Y Yamashita - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Associating multimodal information is essential for human cognitive abilities
including mathematical skills. Multimodal learning has also attracted attention in the field of …

Aberrant sense of agency induced by delayed prediction signals in schizophrenia: a computational modeling study

T Okimura, T Maeda, M Mimura, Y Yamashita - Schizophrenia, 2023 - nature.com
Aberrant sense of agency (SoA, a feeling of control over one's own actions and their
subsequent events) has been considered key to understanding the pathology of …

Deficits in prediction ability trigger asymmetries in behavior and internal representation

A Philippsen, Y Nagai - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Predictive coding is an emerging theoretical framework for explaining human perception
and behavior. The proposed underlying mechanism is that signals encoding sensory …

Interaction between functional connectivity and neural excitability in autism: a novel framework for computational modeling and application to biological data

Y Takahashi, S Murata, M Ueki, H Tomita… - Computational …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Functional connectivity (FC) and neural excitability may interact to affect symptoms of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). We tested this hypothesis with neural network simulations, and …