Freud’s Model of the Mind Within a Predictive Processing Neuroscientific Paradigm
Entropy March 12, 2026 Erik Stänicke, Bendik Sparre Hovet, Line Indrevoll Stänicke
The recent paradigm shift within cognitive neuroscience toward predictive processing appears to align with many psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the mind. In this article, we argue that several psychoanalytic concepts, such as projection, transference, wish-fulfillment, and perceptual identity, are particularly compatible with the current neuroscientific conception of the brain as a...