How do expectations shape perception?

FP De Lange, M Heilbron, P Kok - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2018‏ - cell.com
Perception and perceptual decision-making are strongly facilitated by prior knowledge about
the probabilistic structure of the world. While the computational benefits of using prior …

[HTML][HTML] The predictive coding account of psychosis

P Sterzer, RA Adams, P Fletcher, C Frith, SM Lawrie… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Fueled by developments in computational neuroscience, there has been increasing interest
in the underlying neurocomputational mechanisms of psychosis. One successful approach …

[HTML][HTML] Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans

SE Thanarajah, AG DiFeliceantonio, K Albus… - Cell metabolism, 2023‏ - cell.com
Western diets rich in fat and sugar promote excess calorie intake and weight gain; however,
the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Despite a well-documented association between …

Pavlovian conditioning–induced hallucinations result from overweighting of perceptual priors

AR Powers, C Mathys, PR Corlett - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
Some people hear voices that others do not, but only some of those people seek treatment.
Using a Pavlovian learning task, we induced conditioned hallucinations in four groups of …

Active interoceptive inference and the emotional brain

AK Seth, KJ Friston - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review a recent shift in conceptions of interoception and its relationship to hierarchical
inference in the brain. The notion of interoceptive inference means that bodily states are …

An active inference approach to interoceptive psychopathology

MP Paulus, JS Feinstein… - Annual review of clinical …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Interoception refers to the process by which the nervous system senses and integrates
signals originating from within the body, providing a momentary map** of the body's …

Adults with autism overestimate the volatility of the sensory environment

RP Lawson, C Mathys, G Rees - Nature neuroscience, 2017‏ - nature.com
Insistence on sameness and intolerance of change are among the diagnostic criteria for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but little research has addressed how people with ASD …

The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference

R Hodson, M Mehta, R Smith - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Research on predictive processing models has focused largely on two specific algorithmic
theories: Predictive Coding for perception and Active Inference for decision-making. While …

Higher frequency of Central Pacific El Niño events in recent decades relative to past centuries

MB Freund, BJ Henley, DJ Karoly, HV McGregor… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
El Niño events differ substantially in their spatial pattern and intensity. Canonical Eastern
Pacific El Niño events have sea surface temperature anomalies that are strongest in the far …

Adaptive learning under expected and unexpected uncertainty

A Soltani, A Izquierdo - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019‏ - nature.com
The outcome of a decision is often uncertain, and outcomes can vary over repeated
decisions. Whether decision outcomes should substantially affect behaviour and learning …