Pezzulo, Giovanni

Active inference: a process theory

Friston, K., FitzGerald, T., Rigoli, F., Schwartenbeck, P., & Pezzulo, G. (2017) · Neural Computation

Embodied and Extended CognitionNeural dynamics and brain function

Cited by 1,156

Active inference and epistemic value

Friston, K., Rigoli, F., Ognibene, D., Mathys, C., Fitzgerald, T., & Pezzulo, G. (2015) · Cognitive Neuroscience

Embodied and Extended CognitionReinforcement Learning in Robotics

Cited by 731

Active inference and learning

Friston, K., FitzGerald, T., Rigoli, F., Schwartenbeck, P., O⿿Doherty, J., & Pezzulo, G. (2016) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Embodied and Extended CognitionReinforcement Learning in Robotics

Cited by 674

Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Parr, T., Pezzulo, G., & Friston, K. J. (2022) · The MIT Press eBooks

Embodied and Extended CognitionFree Will and Agency

Cited by 651

Active Inference, homeostatic regulation and adaptive behavioural control

Pezzulo, G., Rigoli, F., & Friston, K. (2015) · Progress in Neurobiology

Embodied and Extended CognitionAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 650

Navigating the Affordance Landscape: Feedback Control as a Process Model of Behavior and Cognition

Pezzulo, G., & Cisek, P. (2016) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Embodied and Extended CognitionCybernetics and Technology in Society

Cited by 419

Hierarchical active inference: A theory of motivated control

Pezzulo, G., Rigoli, F., & Friston, K. J. (2018) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Embodied and Extended CognitionNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 334

Words as social tools: language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts

Borghi, A. M., Barca, L., Binkofski, F., Castelfranchi, C., Pezzulo, G., & Tummolini, L. (2019) · Physics of Life Reviews

Categorization, perception, and languageEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 253

Knowing one's place: a free-energy approach to pattern regulation

Friston, K., Levin, M., Sengupta, B., & Pezzulo, G. (2015) · Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 234

Internally generated sequences in learning and executing goal-directed behavior

Pezzulo, G., van der Meer, M. A. A., Lansink, C. S., & Pennartz, C. M. A. (2014) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeural dynamics and brain function

Cited by 217

Embodied choice: how action influences perceptual decision making

Lepora, N. F., & Pezzulo, G. (2015) · PLOS Computational Biology

Embodied and Extended CognitionMotor Control and Adaptation

Cited by 209

The Mixed Instrumental Controller: Using Value of Information to Combine Habitual Choice and Mental Simulation

Pezzulo, G., Rigoli, F., & Chersi, F. (2013) · Frontiers in Psychology

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesReinforcement Learning in Robotics

Cited by 163

From allostatic agents to counterfactual cognisers: active inference, biological regulation, and the origins of cognition

Corcoran, A. W., Pezzulo, G., & Hohwy, J. (2020) · Biology & Philosophy

Embodied and Extended CognitionPhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 161

Thinking as the control of imagination: a conceptual framework for goal-directed systems

Pezzulo, G., & Castelfranchi, C. (2009) · Psychological Research Psychologische Forschung

Embodied and Extended CognitionNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 141

When affordances climb into your mind: advantages of motor simulation in a memory task performed by novice and expert rock climbers

Pezzulo, G., Barca, L., Bocconi, A. L., & Borghi, A. M. (2010) · Brain and Cognition

Embodied and Extended CognitionAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 138

The why, what, where, when and how of goal-directed choice: neuronal and computational principles

Verschure, P. F. M. J., Pennartz, C. M. A., & Pezzulo, G. (2014) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 131

Why do you fear the bogeyman? An embodied predictive coding model of perceptual inference

Pezzulo, G. (2014) · Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Embodied and Extended CognitionPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Cited by 128

Active inference as a theory of sentient behavior

Pezzulo, G., Parr, T., & Friston, K. (2024) · Biological Psychology

Embodied and Extended CognitionAction Observation and Synchronization

Cited by 109

An interoceptive illusion of effort induced by false heart-rate feedback

Iodice, P., Porciello, G., Bufalari, I., Barca, L., & Pezzulo, G. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Cited by 100

Interactional leader–follower sensorimotor communication strategies during repetitive joint actions

Candidi, M., Curioni, A., Donnarumma, F., Sacheli, L. M., & Pezzulo, G. (2015) · Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Action Observation and SynchronizationEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 92

Action perception as hypothesis testing

Donnarumma, F., Costantini, M., Ambrosini, E., Friston, K., & Pezzulo, G. (2017) · Cortex

Action Observation and SynchronizationEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 90

The contribution of brain sub-cortical loops in the expression and acquisition of action understanding abilities

Caligiore, D., Pezzulo, G., Miall, R. C., & Baldassarre, G. (2013) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Action Observation and SynchronizationMotor Control and Adaptation

Cited by 87

Generating meaning: active inference and the scope and limits of passive AI

Pezzulo, G., Parr, T., Cisek, P., Clark, A., & Friston, K. (2024) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Embodied and Extended CognitionPhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 80

An Active Inference view of cognitive control

Pezzulo, G. (2012) · Frontiers in Psychology

Embodied and Extended CognitionFree Will and Agency

Cited by 68