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Thomas Parr

4 papers in the library · 185 citations · publishing 2019-2026

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On the minimal theory of consciousness implicit in active inference.

Physics of Life Reviews March 1, 2026 Christopher J. Whyte, Andrew W. Corcoran, Jonathan Robinson et al. 5 citations

The multifaceted nature of subjective experience poses a challenge to the study of consciousness. Traditional neuroscientific approaches often concentrate on isolated facets, such as perceptual awareness or the global state of consciousness and construct a theory around the relevant empirical paradigms and findings. Theories of consciousness are, therefore, often difficult to compare; indeed,...

Understanding visual hallucinations: A new synthesis.

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews July 1, 2023 Daniel Collerton, James Barnes, Nico J Diederich et al. 80 citations

Despite decades of research, we do not definitively know how people sometimes see things that are not there. Eight models of complex visual hallucinations have been published since 2000, including Deafferentation, Reality Monitoring, Perception and Attention Deficit, Activation, Input, and Modulation, Hodological, Attentional Networks, Active Inference, and Thalamocortical Dysrhythmia Default...

Anticipation in architectural experience: a computational neurophenomenology for architecture?

arXiv Preprint Archive November 7, 2020 Zakaria Djebbara, Thomas Parr, Karl Friston

The perceptual experience of architecture is enacted by the sensory and motor system. When we act, we change the perceived environment according to a set of expectations that depend on our body and the built environment. The continuous process of collecting sensory information is thus based on bodily affordances. Affordances characterize the fit between the physical structure of the body and...

In the Body’s Eye: The Computational Anatomy of Interoceptive Inference

bioRxiv Preprint Server April 10, 2019 Micah Allen, Andrew Levy, Thomas Parr et al. 100 citations preprint

A growing body of evidence highlights the intricate linkage of exteroceptive perception to the rhythmic activity of the visceral body. In parallel, interoceptive inference theories of emotion and self-consciousness are on the rise in cognitive science. However, thus far no formal theory has emerged to integrate these twin domains; instead most extant work is conceptual in nature. Here, we...