The anatomy of choice: active inference and agency

This paper considers agency in the setting of embodied or active inference. In brief, we associate a sense of agency with prior beliefs about action and ask what sorts of beliefs underlie optimal behaviour. In particular, we consider prior beliefs that action minimises the Kullback-Leibler divergenc...

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Main Authors: Karl eFriston, Philipp eSchwartenbeck, Thomas eFitzgerald, Michael eMoutoussis, Tim eBehrens, Raymond J Dolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00598/full