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The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines.
Active inference is a way of understanding sentient behavior--a theory that characterizes perception, planning, and action in terms of probabilistic inference. Developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston over years of groundbreaking research, active inference provides an integrated perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior that is increasingly used across multiple disciplines including neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. Active inference puts the action into perception. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of active inference, covering theory, applications, and cognitive domains. Active inference is a "first principles" approach to understanding behavior and the brain, framed in terms of a single imperative to minimize free energy. The book emphasizes the implications of the free energy principle for understanding how the brain works. It first introduces active inference both conceptually and formally, contextualizing it within current theories of cognition. It then provides specific examples of computational models that use active inference to explain such cognitive phenomena as perception, attention, memory, and planning.
Preface - Friston
Overview
The Low Road to Active Inference
The High Road to Active Inference
The Generative Models of Active Inference
Message Passing and Neurobiology
A Recipe for Designing Active Inference Models
Active inference in Discrete Time
Active Inference in Continuous Time
Model-Based Data Analysis
Active Inference as a Unified Theory of Sentient Behavior
Appendix A: Mathematical Background
Appendix B: The Equations of Active Inference
Appendix C: An Annotated Example of the Matlab Code
Notes
References
Index