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Predictive Processing and the Varieties of Psychological Trauma

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: A recently popular framework in the cognitive sciences takes the human nervous system to be a hierarchically arranged Bayesian prediction machine. In this paper, we examine psychological trauma through the lens of this framework. We suggest that this can help us to understand the nature of trauma, and the different effects that different kinds of trauma can have. We end by exploring synergies between our approach and current theories of PTSD, and gesture toward future directions.

Source: Frontiers in Psychology

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01840

Authors: Sam Wilkinson, Guy Dodgson, Kevin Meares

Institutions: University of Edinburgh, Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Language: English

Topic: Embodied and Extended Cognition

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,801

Funders: Wellcome Trust, European Research Council