Active inference, predictive coding and cortical architecture

Recent Advances On The Modular Organization Of The Cortex

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 97-121

  Adams, Rick A ^a   Friston, Karl J ^a   Bastos, Andre M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active inference; Free energy; Hierarchy; Microcircuit; Predictive coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943655470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9900-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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