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The perceptual shaping of anticipatory actions

Maffei, G; Herreros, I; Sanchez-Fibla, M; Friston, KJ; Verschure, PFMJ; (2017) The perceptual shaping of anticipatory actions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 284 (1869) , Article 20171780. 10.1098/rspb.2017.1780. Green open access

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Abstract

Humans display anticipatory motor responses to minimize the adverse effects of predictable perturbations. A widely accepted explanation for this behaviour relies on the notion of an inverse model that, learning from motor errors, anticipates corrective responses. Here, we propose and validate the alternative hypothesis that anticipatory control can be realized through a cascade of purely sensory predictions that drive the motor system, reflecting the causal sequence of the perceptual events preceding the error. We compare both hypotheses in a simulated anticipatory postural adjustment task. We observe that adaptation in the sensory domain, but not in the motor one, supports the robust and generalizable anticipatory control characteristic of biological systems. Our proposal unites the neurobiology of the cerebellum with the theory of active inference and provides a concrete implementation of its core tenets with great relevance both to our understanding of biological control systems and, possibly, to their emulation in complex artefacts.

Type: Article
Title: The perceptual shaping of anticipatory actions
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1780
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1780
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: active inference, cerebellum, computational model, motor control, perceptual learning, Adaptation, Psychological, Anticipation, Psychological, Humans, Models, Psychological, Movement, Posture
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057865
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