Computational psychiatry: from synapses to sentience

K Friston - Molecular psychiatry, 2023‏ - nature.com
This review considers computational psychiatry from a particular viewpoint: namely, a
commitment to explaining psychopathology in terms of pathophysiology. It rests on the …

Computational models link cellular mechanisms of neuromodulation to large-scale neural dynamics

JM Shine, EJ Müller, B Munn, J Cabral, RJ Moran… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Decades of neurobiological research have disclosed the diverse manners in which the
response properties of neurons are dynamically modulated to support adaptive cognitive …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

Functional neuroimaging in psychiatry and the case for failing better

MM Nour, Y Liu, RJ Dolan - Neuron, 2022‏ - cell.com
Psychiatric disorders encompass complex aberrations of cognition and affect and are
among the most debilitating and poorly understood of any medical condition. Current …

[HTML][HTML] Active inference on discrete state-spaces: A synthesis

L Da Costa, T Parr, N Sajid, S Veselic, V Neacsu… - Journal of Mathematical …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Active inference is a normative principle underwriting perception, action, planning, decision-
making and learning in biological or artificial agents. From its inception, its associated …

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 …