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The role of arousal in predictive coding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Fernando Ferreira-Santos
Fernando Ferreira-Santos*
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Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal frsantos@fpce.up.pt
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Abstract

Within a predictive coding approach, the arousal/norepinephrine effects described by the GANE (glutamate amplifies noradrenergic effects) model seem to modulate the precision attributed to prediction errors, favoring the selective updating of predictive models with larger prediction errors. However, to explain how arousal effects are triggered, it is likely that different kinds of prediction errors (including interoceptive/affective) need to be considered.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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