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The Power of Predictions: An Emerging Paradigm for Psychological Research

Journal

CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 280-291

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0963721419831992

Keywords

predictive coding; active inference; allostasis; memory; emotion; perception; concepts; social cognition; metabolism; energetics

Funding

  1. U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences [W911NF-16-1-019]
  2. National Cancer Institute [U01 CA193632]
  3. National Science Foundation Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation program [1638234]
  4. National Institute of Mental Health [R01 MH113234, R01 MH109464]
  5. Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
  6. Directorate For Engineering [1638234] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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In the last two decades, neuroscience studies have suggested that various psychological phenomena are produced by predictive processes in the brain. When considered together, these studies form a coherent, neurobiologically inspired program for guiding psychological research about the mind and behavior. In this article, we consider the common assumptions and hypotheses that unify an emerging framework and discuss the ramifications of such a framework, both for improving the replicability and robustness of psychological research and for renewing psychological theory by suggesting an alternative ontology of the human mind.

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