Bayesian inference

Key question

Does the brain predict its world?

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Find an example, an application and a limit. Explain the concept without using its name, then compare your explanation with a primary source.

Follow a learning route

• Does the brain predict its world?

  Build the bridge from Bayesian inference to predictive coding and active inference, then inspect its limits.

Reading connections

• Bayes’ Theorem

  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy editors

• The Predictive Mind

  Jakob Hohwy

• Bayesian Brain

  Kenji Doya et al.