Claim EDU-06
Claim EDU-06
A leading account in neuroscience holds that the brain works by predicting its own input and learning from the errors in its predictions.
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- Speculative. Credible evidence that is subject to active debate, incomplete or failed replication, or evolving interpretation. Shifting ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- How it was checked
- Checked from reference; source to be re-checked
Sources
- Clark, A. (2013). Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(3), 181-204. DOI 10.1017/S0140525X12000477
- Friston, K. (2010). The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 11(2), 127-138. DOI 10.1038/nrn2787
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