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Predictions in the Brain - Using Our Past to Generate a Future (Hardcover, Revised)
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Predictions in the Brain - Using Our Past to Generate a Future (Hardcover, Revised)
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When one is immersed in the fascinating world of neuroscience
findings, the brain might start to seem like a collection of
"modules," each specializes in a specific mental feat. But just
like in other domains of Nature, it is possible that much of the
brain and mind's operation can be explained with a small set of
universal principles. Given exciting recent developments in theory,
empirical findings and computational studies, it seems that the
generation of predictions might be one strong candidate for such a
universal principle. This is the focus of Predictions in the brain.
From the predictions required when a rat navigates a maze to
food-caching in scrub-jays; from predictions essential in
decision-making to social interactions; from predictions in the
retina to the prefrontal cortex; and from predictions in early
development to foresight in non-humans.
The perspectives represented in this collection span a spectrum
from the cellular underpinnings to the computational principles
underlying future-related mental processes, and from systems
neuroscience to cognition and emotion. In spite of this diversity,
they share some core elements. Memory, for instance, is critical in
any framework that explains predictions. In asking "what is next?"
our brains have to refer to memory and experience on the way to
simulating our mental future.
But as much as this collection offers answers to important
questions, it raises and emphasizes outstanding ones. How are
experiences coded optimally to afford using them for predictions?
How do we construct a new simulation from separate memories? How
specific in detail are future-oriented thoughts, and when do they
rely on imagery, concepts or language? Therefore, in addition to
presenting the state-of-the-art of research and ideas about
predictions as a universal principle in mind and brain, it is hoped
that this collection will stimulate important new research into the
foundations of our mental lives.
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