Your brain time-travels every time you approach your favourite coffee shop. That anticipatory lift you feel?

Scientists at McGill just watched neurons literally shift backward in time—from the reward to the cue.

This isn't a metaphor. It's measurable, visible biology.

🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/episodes/18657278

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PRX Series: The Predictive Mind https://exchange.prx.org/series/60019-the-predictive-mind-how-your-brain-cheats-reality

#Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch #Memory #Psychology #Science #Academia #NeurosciencePodcast #PredictiveCoding #Hippocampus

Recent findings show that hippocampal neurons shift their activity backward in time as learning occurs, enabling anticipation of rewards before they happen. Using calcium imaging in mice performing a delayed nonmatching-to-location task, the study tracked the same neurons over weeks and observed a backpropagation of tuning from reward delivery to earlier moments, including the moment of correct touchscreen choice. The results portray the hippocampus as a dynamic predictive map that reorganizes with experience to guide future behavior.

This work is of interest to psychology because it provides concrete neural evidence for predictive coding and memory-based anticipation, illustrating how learning reshapes mental representations to forecast future events. It links memory, prediction, and action in a measurable neural framework.

Article Title: Hippocampal neurons shift their activity backward in time to anticipate rewards

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#Hippocampus #PredictiveCoding #NeuralPlasticity #CalciumImaging #RewardLearning

Hypnose flauwekul? Echt niet ;-)

#hypnose #hypnotherapie #predictivecoding

Predictive coding explains how the brain keeps us trapped in existing frameworks. https://hackernoon.com/discomfort-as-human-technology-a-brain-function-beyond-predictive-coding #predictivecoding

🧠 Rao & Ballard’s (1999) spatial #PredictiveCoding theory gets strong support: Zhang et al. (2025) show in mouse #VisualCortex that predictive coding is primarily spatial, not temporal. #2P #imaging of ~20,000 neurons found mismatch responses only when new spatial landmarks appeared, but not when sequences were reordered:

🌍 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.17.676794

#Neuroscience

#Zoomposium with Dr. #WanjaWiese: “The #Mathematization of #Consciousness – can #Mind be #simulated?” 🤔

Fascinating talk on #Philosophy, #predictivecoding & the #FreeEnergyPrinciple – from #ThomasMetzinger to #KarlFriston.

Blog: 👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/08/22/mathematisierung-des-bewusstseins/ or Spotify: 👉https://open.spotify.com/episode/2D3DhRzjR72trChRlfnWJB?si=j9ehnyJ3S1qDtj0eRIaXGg

#AI #Neuroscience #PhilosophyOfMind #Consciousness #Science #Bewusstsein #GeistPhilosophie #Erkenntnistheorie #PhilosophieDesGeistes

#Zoomposium mit Dr. #WanjaWiese: „Die #Mathematisierung des #Bewusstseins – lässt sich #Geist #simulieren?“ 🤔

Spannendes Gespräch über #Philosophie, #predictivecoding & das #FreeEnergyPrinciple – von #ThomasMetzinger bis #KarlFriston.

Blog: 👉 https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/08/22/mathematisierung-des-bewusstseins/

oder direkt auf Spotify: 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2D3DhRzjR72trChRlfnWJB?si=j9ehnyJ3S1qDtj0eRIaXGg

#Mind #AI #Neuroscience #PhilosophyOfMind #Consciousness #Science #Bewusstsein #GeistPhilosophie #Erkenntnistheorie #PhilosophieDesGeistes

Proprioception, Interoception, Exteroception: The Three Flavors of Prediction

#BrainBody #PredictiveCoding #Interoception #Proprioception #Exteroception #Allostasis #Metacognition #PerceptualControlTheory #Visceromotor #AgranularCortex #Meditation #Attention #Neuroscience #BrainPrediction #EnergyRegulation

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From Heartbeat to Gut Feeling: The Science of Interoception

#Interoception #BrainScience #Neuroscience #PredictiveCoding #AffectiveNeuroscience #Insula #Amygdala #VagusNerve #Homeostasis #MindBodyConnection #Emotion #Cognition

https://youtube.com/shorts/_hCmo19jZhs?feature=share

Inflammation, Mood, and the Brain: The Immune–Interoception Connection

#Interoception #BrainBodyConnection #GutBrainAxis #InflammationAndMood #PredictiveCoding #VagusNerve #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Insula #AnteriorCingulate #EmotionalRegulation #Mindfulness #Neurostimulation #EmotionalGranularity

https://youtube.com/shorts/QR1gHQlN4SE?feature=share

#25 Zoomposium with Wanja Wiese: Can the mind be simulated? - The mathematization of consciousness

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2D3DhRzjR72trChRlfnWJB?si=j9ehnyJ3S1qDtj0eRIaXGg

#WanjaWiese #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #ArtificialConsciousness #FreeEnergyPrinciple #PredictiveCoding # BayesianBrain #KarlFriston #Consciousness #HardProblem #PhilosophyOfMind #Qualia #SensoryPerception #Emergence #Intentionality #InformationGeometry #Popper #Kuhn #ParadigmShift #Neuroscience #AGI #Philosophy #Cognition #CognitiveScience

#25 Zoomposium mit Wanja Wiese: Lässt Geist sich simulieren? - Die Mathematisierung des Bewusstseins

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2D3DhRzjR72trChRlfnWJB?si=j9ehnyJ3S1qDtj0eRIaXGg

#WanjaWiese #KünstlicheIntelligenz #KI #KünstlichesBewusstsein #FreeEnergyPrinciple #PredictiveCoding #BayesianBrain #KarlFriston #Consciousness #Bewusstsein #HardProblem #PhilosophieDesGeistes #Qualia #Empfindungsvermögen #Emergenz #Intentionalität #Informationsgeometrie #Popper #Kuhn #Paradigmenwechsel #Neurowissenschaften #AGI #Philosophie #Kognition #CognitiveScience

🧠✨ What if your AI coding assistant could predict bug risk and code quality before you even hit 'Run'?
Claude isn’t just writing code—it’s modeling you.

Explore the 4-part predictive engine that powers developer productivity.
🔍 Completion accuracy
📎 Task-aware suggestions
🔄 Feedback-based refinement

#ClaudeAI #PredictiveCoding #AIProductivity #DevTools #DataScience

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https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/the-data-science-behind-claude-modeling-bug-risk-and-completion-accuracy-using-task-type-d577360a6f3d

From Biology to Therapy: Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Based on Neuroscience

#Neuroscience #EmotionalHealth #PolyvagalTheory #BrainBodyConnection #Interoception #PredictiveCoding #EmotionRegulation #MentalHealth #SelfRegulation #NeurovisceralIntegration #Psychology #BiologyOfEmotion #Resilience #MindBody #InnovativeTherapies

https://youtube.com/shorts/FjQd7faGNpI?feature=share

How Your Brain Predicts, Perceives, and Connects: The Neuroscience of Thought and Emotion

#Neuroscience #BrainFunctions #PredictiveCoding #Neurobiology #Oxytocin #Neurotransmitters #BrainOscillations #Emotion #SelfAwareness #Interoception #NeuralNetworks #MindAndBody #BrainHealth #Neuroplasticity

https://youtube.com/shorts/tcAN-NFrg9c?feature=share

Time for a new #Introduction . I’m a Lecturer in #Neuroscience in #London at the #UniversityOfRoehampton . I study #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing , #Audiology , & #Hearing ; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding . I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia .

My home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat .

New Research Reveals That Your Sense of Smell May Be Smarter Than You Think
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-that-your-sense-of-smell-may-be-smarter-than-you-think/ #Neuroscience #senses #small #OlfactorySystem #PredictiveCoding

New preprint with the formidable Bill Phillips

TL;DR: Let's have (some sort of) "predictive processing" but let's ditch predictive coding.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372628828_Cellular_Mechanisms_of_Cooperative_Context-_Sensitive_Predictive_Inference

#predictivecoding #coherentinfomax #perceptualinference

I guess I should probably do an #Introduction as well. I’m a #Neuroscience #Postdoc in #Spain studying #NoiseExposure & #HearingLoss & how it affects #AuditoryProcessing, #Audiology, & #Hearing; particularly #SpeechInNoise & #PredictiveCoding. I focus on #HiddenHearingLoss noise exposure & I’m really interested in the intersection between noise exposure & #Neurodivergent conditions like #Autism & #Schizophrenia.

My permanent home is a #Boat & most of my pictures here involve my #Cat.