Thinking through prior bodies: autonomic uncertainty and interoceptive self-inference
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Published on: October 28, 2020
Micah Allen1,2,3, Nicolas Legrand1, Camile Maria Costa Correa1
1Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000Aarhus, Denmark. Micah@cfin.au.dk nicolas.legrand@cfin.au.dk correa@cfin.au.dk francesca@clin.au.dk https://the-ecg.org/.
Abstract:
The Bayesian brain hypothesis, as formalized by the free-energy principle, is ascendant in cognitive science. But, how does the Bayesian brain obtain prior beliefs? Veissière and colleagues argue that sociocultural interaction is one important source. We offer a complementary model in which "interoceptive self-inference" guides the estimation of expected uncertainty both in ourselves and in our social conspecifics.
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