title: Perception versus action: the computations may be the same but the direction of fit differs.
abstract: Although predictive coding may offer a computational principle that unifies perception and action, states with different directions of fit are involved (with indicative and imperative contents, respectively). Predictive states are adjusted to fit the world in the course of perception, but in the case of action, the corresponding states act as a fixed target towards which the agent adjusts the world. This well-recognised distinction helps side-step some problems discussed in the target article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom. nicholas.shea@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shea
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*