How do inner screens enable imaginative experience? Applying the free-energy principle directly to the study of conscious experience.
Neuroscience of Consciousness 2025 Chris Fields, Mahault Albarracin, Karl Friston et al. 6 citations
This paper examines the constraints that the free-energy principle (FEP) places on possible model of consciousness, particularly models of attentional control and imaginative experiences, including episodic memory and planning. We first rehearse the classical and quantum formulations of the FEP, focusing on their application to multi-component systems, in which only some components interact...