
Active Inference
The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior
$103.62
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2025
Summary
The first comprehensive treatment of active inference, an integrative perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior used across multiple disciplines.
Active inference is a way of understanding sentient behavior—a theory that characterizes perception, planning, and action in terms of probabilistic inference. Developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston over years of groundbreaking research, active inference provides an integrated perspective on brain, cognition, and behavior th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553995 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262553996 |
| Author: | Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Thomas Parr
Thomas Parr is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology at University College London and a practicing clinician.
Giovanni Pezzulo is a Researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy in Rome.
Karl J. Friston is Scientific Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging and Professor at Queen Square Institute of Neurology at University College London.
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