Predictive Coding in the Brain: It's Not Just About Afferents and Efferents — The Brain Is at Work

Summary

There are multiple brain functions, including sensory, motor, cognitive, perceptual, memory-related, chemosensory, behavioral, and salutogenic processes. However, beyond establishing afferent and efferent functional pathways, the brain actively compares predictions. This requires specialized neuronal populations involved in both motor and sensory domains to process information prospectively, functioning as a neurobiological processor that generates inferences. The aim of the present work is to offer a perspective on brain function based on its predictive capacity. KEY WORDS: brain, predictive coding, neuroanatomy.

Keywords

Brain, Predictive coding, Neuroanatomy

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