title: Unraveling the mind.
abstract: A radical interpretation of the predictive coding approach suggests that the mind is "seamless" - that is, that cancellation of error signals can propagate smoothly from highest to lowest levels of the control hierarchy, dissolving a distinction between belief and perception. Delusions of alien control provide a test case. Close examination suggests that while they are evidence of predictive coding within the cortex, they are not evidence for the seamless interpretation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus, SA 5005, Australia. philip.gerrans@adelaide.edu
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerrans
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*