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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • The predictive processing framework (PPF) integrates diverse fields like physics, computer science, and neuroscience.
  • It leverages advances in reinforcement and deep learning, impacting daily AI applications.

Discussion:

  • The PPF aims to unify perception, cognition, action, and their interrelations.
  • A key test involves its application to individual differences, particularly psychopathology.
  • This special section explores the current state of PPF in understanding mental illness.

Key Insights:

  • The PPF provides a comprehensive model for understanding consciousness, body-cognition interactions, and perception.
  • Its utility in explaining psychopathology is a critical area of investigation.
  • The framework's potential to refine explanations and treatments for mental illness is explored.

Outlook:

  • Investigating how PPF insights can systematize explanations and treatments for mental illness symptoms.
  • Refining and challenging the PPF by examining patient experiences of psychopathology.
  • Exploring departures from parametric estimates within the PPF to understand mental illness.