The role of interoceptive inference in theory of mind.
The role of interoceptive inference in theory of mind.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bandc.2015.08.002
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发表时间：
2017-03
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Friston K
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作者：
Ondobaka S;Kilner J;Friston K
自己的心理状态取决于推断的内感受状态。理解他人的心理状态（ToM）也需要内感受性预测。在深层次层次的多模态期望有助于心理理论。推断他人的意图和信仰是一种能力，是社会和亲和互动的基础。大量的经验证据表明，理解他人的意图和信念状态（即心理理论）依赖于外感受（例如视觉和听觉）和本体感受（即运动）信号。然而，尽管观察者的内感受（内脏）处理在行为指导中起着关键作用，但它在理解他人内部状态中的作用仍未得到探索。预测和跟踪内感受性身体状态--它告知指导行为的意图和信念--是人类大脑的基本目的之一。在本文中，我们将集中于内感受预测的作用，规定的自由能原理，在使意义的内部状态，导致另一个的行为。我们将讨论在深层次（高层次）层次上诱导的多模态期望--这必然需要内感受性预测--如何有助于对他人的推断，这是心理理论的核心。
Own mental states depend on inferred interoceptive states. Understanding another’s mental states (ToM) also entails interoceptive predictions. Multimodal expectations at deep hierarchical levels contribute to ToM. Inferring the intentions and beliefs of another is an ability that is fundamental for social and affiliative interactions. A substantial amount of empirical evidence suggests that making sense of another’s intentional and belief states (i.e. theory of mind) relies on exteroceptive (e.g. visual and auditory) and proprioceptive (i.e. motor) signals. Yet, despite its pivotal role in the guidance of behaviour, the role of the observer’s interoceptive (visceral) processing in understanding another’s internal states remains unexplored. Predicting and keeping track of interoceptive bodily states – which inform intentions and beliefs that guide behaviour – is one of the fundamental purposes of the human brain. In this paper, we will focus on the role of interoceptive predictions, prescribed by the free energy principle, in making sense of internal states that cause another’s behaviour. We will discuss how multimodal expectations induced at deep (high) hierarchical levels – that necessarily entail interoceptive predictions – contribute to inference about others that is at the heart of theory of mind.