The hierarchically mechanistic mind: A free-energy formulation of the human psyche

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作者
Badcock, Paul B. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Friston, Karl J. [4 ]
Ramstead, Maxwell J. D. [4 ,5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Ctr Youth Mental Hlth, Melbourne, Vic 3052, Australia
[2] Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Sch Psychol Sci, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
[3] Orygen, Natl Ctr Excellence Youth Mental Hlth, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
[4] UCL, Wellcome Trust Ctr Neuroimaging, London WC1N 3BG, England
[5] McGill Univ, Dept Philosophy, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T7, Canada
[6] McGill Univ, Div Social & Transcultural Psychiat, Dept Psychiat, Montreal, PQ H3A 1A1, Canada
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
Active inference; Evolutionary systems theory; Hierarchically mechanistic mind; Free-energy principle; Neuroscience; Psychology; TINBERGENS; 4; QUESTIONS; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; MODULARITY DEBATE; SYSTEMS-THEORY; UNIFIED THEORY; HUMAN BRAIN; INFERENCE; ORGANIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; INTEGRATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.plrev.2018.10.002
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
This article presents a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain called the Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex adaptive system that actively minimises the decay of our sensory and physical states by producing self-fulfilling action-perception cycles via dynamical interactions between hierarchically organised neurocognitive mechanisms. This theory synthesises the free-energy principle (FEP) in neuroscience with an evolutionary systems theory of psychology that explains our brains, minds, and behaviour by appealing to Tinbergen's four questions: adaptation, phylogeny, ontogeny, and mechanism. After leveraging the FEP to formally define the HMM across different spatiotemporal scales, we conclude by exploring its implications for theorising and research in the sciences of the mind and behaviour. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:104 / 121
页数:18
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