Book contents
- Looking Ahead
- Looking Ahead
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Setting the Stage
- Part II Psychological Theories
- Chapter 4 Mind Reading
- Chapter 5 Reinforcing and Connecting
- Chapter 6 Accessing the Remainders of Mental Representations and Filling in the Gaps
- Chapter 7 Implicit Priming and Active Forecasting
- Chapter 8 Mental Shortcuts
- Chapter 9 Inferences about Others and Their Mental States
- Chapter 10 Continuous Cycles of Perceiving, Acting, and Adjusting
- Chapter 11 Event Representations of How the World Works
- Chapter 12 Moving Pictures in the Head
- Part III Mathematical Theories
- Part IV Neurobiological Theories
- Part V The Future of Prediction
- Notes
- Index
- References
Chapter 10 - Continuous Cycles of Perceiving, Acting, and Adjusting
Prediction Involves Perception–Action Loops
from Part II - Psychological Theories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 March 2025
- Looking Ahead
- Looking Ahead
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Setting the Stage
- Part II Psychological Theories
- Chapter 4 Mind Reading
- Chapter 5 Reinforcing and Connecting
- Chapter 6 Accessing the Remainders of Mental Representations and Filling in the Gaps
- Chapter 7 Implicit Priming and Active Forecasting
- Chapter 8 Mental Shortcuts
- Chapter 9 Inferences about Others and Their Mental States
- Chapter 10 Continuous Cycles of Perceiving, Acting, and Adjusting
- Chapter 11 Event Representations of How the World Works
- Chapter 12 Moving Pictures in the Head
- Part III Mathematical Theories
- Part IV Neurobiological Theories
- Part V The Future of Prediction
- Notes
- Index
- References
Summary
Perception and action are continuously running cycles of sensing and perceiving, predicting, acting, and adjusting. Sensation and perception are assumed to be intrinsically functional and forward-looking in the service of action. This is because relevant information from the environment is needed to guide our actions.
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- Looking AheadThe New Science of the Predictive Mind, pp. 98 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025