Is the free-energy principle neurocentric?
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A unique hallmark of higher intelligence is a vast capacity for learning and prediction.
“While all living organisms take actions that bring biological rewards, a unique hallmark of higher intelligence is a vast capacity for learning and prediction (Friston, 2010).”
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- Authors
- Friston, K.
- Affiliations
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Friston, Karl
- ORCID
- Friston, Karl
- Venue
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience
- Published
- 2010-07-14
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 605-605
- ISSN
- 1471-003X (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0048
- OpenAlex
- W1994182995
- Cited by
- 63
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (088130)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Keywords
- free energy principle, Bayesian inference, neural computation, prediction, hierarchical models, perceptual priors
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Bayes Theorem, Brain, Humans, Nerve Net, Psychological Theory
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