Getting warmer: Predictive processing and the nature of emotion

Sam Wilkinson, George Deane, Kathryn Nave, Andy Clark

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Abstract

Predictive processing accounts of neural function view the brain as a kind of prediction machine that forms models of its environment in order to anticipate the upcoming stream of sensory stimulation. These models are then continuously updated in light of incoming error signals. Predictive processing has offered a powerful new perspective on cognition, action, and perception. In this chapter we apply the insights from predictive processing to the study of emotions. The upshot is a picture of emotion as inseparable from perception and cognition, and a key feature of the embodied mind.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Value of Emotions for Knowledge
EditorsLaura Candiotto
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Chapter5
Pages101-119
ISBN (Electronic)9783030156671
ISBN (Print)9783030156664
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • predictive process

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