Affective experience in the predictive mind: a review and new integrative account.

This paper aims to offer an account of affective experiences within Predictive Processing, a novel framework that considers the brain to be a dynamical, hierarchical, Bayesian hypothesis-testing mechanism. We begin by outlining a set of common features of affective experiences (or feelings) that a P...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 11; pp. 10847 - 10883
Autores principales: Fernandez Velasco, Pablo, Loev, Slawa
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2021
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          Institut Jean Nicod, Département d'Études Cognitives (DEC), ENS, EHESS, CNRS, PSL University, 29 rue d'Ulm, 75005, Paris, France
          Munich Center for Neuroscience, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
          Faculty of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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        Affect (Psychology)
        Error rates
        Error analysis in mathematics
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        Affective experience
        Affordances
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        Feelings
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      ab: This paper aims to offer an account of affective experiences within Predictive Processing, a novel framework that considers the brain to be a dynamical, hierarchical, Bayesian hypothesis-testing mechanism. We begin by outlining a set of common features of affective experiences (or feelings) that a PP-theory should aim to explain: feelings are conscious, they have valence, they motivate behaviour, and they are intentional states with particular and formal objects. We then review existing theories of affective experiences within Predictive Processing and delineate two families of theories: Interoceptive Inference Theories (which state that feelings are determined by interoceptive predictions) and Error Dynamics Theories (which state that feelings are determined by properties of error dynamics). We highlight the strengths and shortcomings of each family of theories and develop a synthesis: the Affective Inference Theory. Affective Inference Theory claims that valence corresponds to the expected rate of prediction error reduction. In turn, the particular object of a feeling is the object predicted to be the most likely cause of expected changes in prediction error rate, and the formal object of a feeling is a predictive model of the expected changes in prediction error rate caused by a given particular object. Finally, our theory shows how affective experiences bias action selection, directing the organism towards allostasis and towards optimal levels of uncertainty in order to minimise prediction error over time.
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