Out of the blue: understanding abrupt and wayward transitions in thought using probability and predictive processing
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences December 13, 2020 Caitlin Mills, Andre Zamani, Rebecca White et al. 27 citations
Thoughts that appear to come to us ‘out of the blue’ or ‘out of nowhere’ are a familiar aspect of mental experience. Such thoughts tend to elicit feelings of surprise and spontaneity. Although we are beginning to understand the neural processes that underlie the arising of such thoughts, little is known about what accounts for their peculiar phenomenology. Here, we focus on one central aspect...