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Active inference : the free energy principle in mind, brain, and behavior / / Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, and Karl J. Friston
| Active inference : the free energy principle in mind, brain, and behavior / / Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, and Karl J. Friston |
| Autore | Parr Thomas <1993-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Disciplina | 153 |
| Collana | The MIT Press |
| Soggetto topico |
Perception
Inference Neurobiology Human behavior models Knowledge, Theory of Bayesian statistical decision theory |
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body |
| ISBN |
0-262-36228-7
0-262-36997-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The low road to active inference -- The high road to active inference -- The generative models of active inference -- Message passing and neurobiology -- A recipe for designing active inference models -- Active inference in discrete time -- Active inference in continuous time -- Model based data analysis -- Active inference as a unified theory of sentient behaviour. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910576889803321 |
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] | ||
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The cortex and the critical point : understanding the power of emergence / / John M. Beggs
| The cortex and the critical point : understanding the power of emergence / / John M. Beggs |
| Autore | Beggs John M. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Disciplina | 612.8/25 |
| Collana | The MIT Press |
| Soggetto topico |
Cerebral cortex
Brain Neurology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
SCIENCE / Physics / General COMPUTERS / Data Science / Neural Networks |
| ISBN | 0-262-37034-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Critical Point in Context -- The Goals and Structure of This Book -- I. Background -- 1. The Main Idea -- A Simple Model -- Optimal Information Processing -- The Appearance of Emergent Phenomena -- Power Laws -- Avalanches -- A Phase Transition -- From a Model to Data -- The Criticality Hypothesis -- Objections and Responses to the Criticality Hypothesis -- Chapter Summary -- 2. Emergent Phenomena -- Methodological Reductionism -- The Wave as an Emergent Phenomenon -- Emergent Phenomena in the Brain -- A Simple Model of Emergent Phenomena in the Brain -- Complex Emergent Phenomena Occur at a Phase Transition -- More Complex Emergent Phenomena? -- How to Study Emergent Phenomena -- Chapter Summary -- II. The Critical Point and Its Consequences -- 3. The Critical Point -- The Branching Model: A Branching Ratio Near 1 -- The Branching Model: A Phase Transition with Control and Order Parameters -- The Branching Model: An Exponent Relation between Multiple Power Laws -- The Branching Model: Fractal Copies of Avalanches -- Signatures of Being near the Critical Point -- Signatures of the Critical Point from the Data -- In Vitro Experiments -- Data: A Branching Ratio near 1 -- Data: A Phase Transition with Control and Order Parameters -- Data: An Exponent Relation between Multiple Power Laws -- Data: Fractal Copies of Avalanches -- Objections to These Signatures of Criticality -- Chapter Summary -- 4. Optimality -- The Branching Model: Information Transmission -- The Branching Model: Dynamic Range -- The Branching Model: Susceptibility -- Data: Dynamic Range -- Data: Information Transmission -- Data: Susceptibility -- Other Predictions Yet to Be Tested -- Chapter Summary -- 5. Universality -- Universality in Physical Systems -- Universality in the Cortex: Indicators.
Indicators Seen across Species -- Indicators Seen across Scales -- Described by a Simple Model -- Chapter Summary -- III. Future Directions -- 6. Homeostasis and Health -- Homeostasis toward the Critical Point after a Major Perturbation -- Sleep and Homeostasis toward the Critical Point -- Sensory Adaptation toward the Critical Point -- Development toward the Critical Point -- Themes from Homeostasis Results -- Health -- Chapter Summary -- 7. Quasicriticality -- Universality: Unfinished Issues -- A Possible Solution: Quasicriticality -- Another View: Slightly Subcritical -- Another View: Subsampling -- Another View: Griffiths Phase -- Chapter Summary -- 8. Cortex -- The Expansion of Cortical Area -- Associations of Associations -- The Special Role of Layers 2 and 3 -- Multifunctionality and the Critical Point -- Nearly Critical in Layers 2 and 3, but Not in Layer 5 -- Staying Nearly Critical While Learning -- Timescales throughout the Hierarchy -- Chapter Summary -- 9. Epilogue -- What We Know -- What We Don't Know -- Frontier Issues -- What I Did Not Cover -- Appendix -- Relation between Power-Law Exponent and Slope (Chapters 1 and 6) -- When the Average Value of a Power Law Diverges and When It Does Not (Chapters 1 and 6) -- Long-Range Temporal Correlations (Chapters 1, 6, and 8) -- Informal Derivation of the Exponent Relation (Chapters 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8) -- Avalanche Shape Collapse (Chapters 3, 5, 6, and 8) -- How to Quantify Network Dynamics (Chapters 4 and 8) -- Software and Data for Exercises and Analyses -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910619461103321 |
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Beggs John M.
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] | ||
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The neurocognitive theory of dreaming : the where, how, when, what, and why of dreams / / G. William Domhoff
| The neurocognitive theory of dreaming : the where, how, when, what, and why of dreams / / G. William Domhoff |
| Autore | Domhoff G. William |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 pages) |
| Disciplina | 154.6/3 |
| Collana | The MIT Press |
| Soggetto topico |
Dreams
Cognitive neuroscience Neural networks (Neurobiology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
SCIENCE / Cognitive Science
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Dreams |
| ISBN |
0-262-37087-5
0-262-37088-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Establishing a Context, Providing an Overview -- 1. Definitions, Distinctions, and Limitations -- Introduction -- Mental Activity during Waking and during the Night -- What Is Dreaming? A Neurocognitive Definition -- 2. Neural Substrates, Embodied Simulation, and Cognitive Insufficiencies -- The Network Organization of the Human Brain -- The Neural Substrate That Supports Dreaming -- Lesion and Electrical Brain Stimulation Studies Support the Neuroimaging Findings -- Dreaming during Sleep Onset, NREM 2 Sleep, and Drifting Waking Thought -- Atypical States of Waking Consciousness and Dreaming -- The "How" of Dreams: Dreaming as a Form of Embodied Simulation -- The Importance of Cognitive Factors in Dream Recall -- Cognitive Insufficiencies in Dreaming -- Under What Conditions Does Dreaming Occur? -- Conclusions and Implications -- 3. Dream Content as Revealed by Quantitative Content Analysis -- Methodological and Statistical Issues in the Study of Dream Content -- Five Categories of Embodied Simulations in Dreams -- Age, Cross-National, and Cross-Cultural Differences in Dream Reports -- The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Dream Reports -- Cognition and Cognitive Appraisals in Dreams -- The Continuity between Dreaming and Waking Thought -- Conclusions and Implications -- 4. Findings on Dream Content in Individual Dream Series -- Safeguards, Methodological Strategies, and Statistical Rationales -- Consistency in Two Very Different Dream Series -- Consistency and Continuity in Three Unusual Dream Series of Varying Lengths -- Character Networks in Dream Series Are Small-World Networks -- Dream Reports from 2020 Relating to COVID-19 -- Conclusions and Implications -- 5. The Search for Symbolism in Dreams -- Experimental Studies of Symbolic Elements in Dreams.
Systematic Empirical Studies of Symbolism Based on Content Analysis -- Studies of Unusual Elements in Lengthy Dream Series -- Cognitive Linguistics, Figurative Thinking, and Dreams -- Neuroimaging Studies of Waking Metaphoric Thinking -- Conclusions and Implications -- 6. The Development of Dreaming in Children -- The Maturation of the Default Network -- Dreaming Is a Gradual Cognitive Achievement -- Conclusions and Implications -- 7. The Dream Reports of Preadolescents and Adolescents -- Lab and Nonlab Findings in the Zurich Longitudinal Study -- A Dream-Diary Study of Preadolescents and Adolescents -- MRD Findings with Children and Adolescents -- Consistency and Continuity in Four Dream Series -- Conclusions and Implications -- 8. The Occurrence of Emotions in Dreams -- Quantitative Content Analyses of Emotions in Dream Reports -- Studies of Emotions Using Rating Scales -- A Comparison of Coding Systems and Rating Systems for Emotions -- The Frequency of Emotions in Adult Dream Series -- Emotions in Dream Reports from Children and Adolescents -- The Steps Leading to a Neurocognitive Theory of Emotions in Dream Reports -- Conclusions and Implications -- 9. An Assessment of Two Comprehensive Traditional Dream Theories -- Freudian Dream Theory -- The Activation-Synthesis Theory of Dreaming -- Conclusions and Implications -- 10. Dreaming, Adaptive Functions, and Cultural Uses -- The Problem-Solving Theory of Dream Function -- Emotions-Related Theories of the Adaptive Function of Dreaming -- Mastery and Rehearsal Theories of Dream Function -- Dreaming as a Culturally and Individually Useful By-Product -- Conclusions and Implications -- 11. The Neurocognitive Theory Compared to Other Dream Theories -- Meaning, Lawfulness, and Adaptive Function -- Looking toward the Future -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index. |
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Domhoff G. William
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2022 | ||
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Neuroscience and philosophy / / edited by Felipe De Brigard and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
| Neuroscience and philosophy / / edited by Felipe De Brigard and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) |
| Disciplina | 612.8/233 |
| Collana | The MIT Press |
| Soggetto topico | Cognitive neuroscience - Philosophy |
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology PHILOSOPHY / General |
| ISBN |
0-262-36733-5
0-262-36240-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910576890803321 |
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Reason and less : pursuing food, sex, and politics / / Vinod Goel
| Reason and less : pursuing food, sex, and politics / / Vinod Goel |
| Autore | Goel Vinod |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Disciplina | 153.4/3 |
| Collana | The MIT Press |
| Soggetto topico |
Decision making
Reasoning Logic Cognitive neuroscience |
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PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior |
| ISBN |
0-262-36970-2
0-262-36245-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910576890603321 |
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Goel Vinod
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022] | ||
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