Active Inference and Auditory Hallucinations

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) are often distressing symptoms of several neuropsychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia. Using a Markov decision process formulation of active inference, we develop a novel model of AVH as false (positive) inference. Active inference treats perception as a...

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Main Authors: David A. Benrimoh, Thomas Parr, Peter Vincent, Rick A. Adams, Karl Friston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2018-12-01
Series:Computational Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://cpsyjournal.org/articles/46