Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ThinkAhead (Thinking Ahead: human planning from a predictive processing perspective)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2021-07-01 al 2022-12-31
Our studies help shed light on one of the more advanced cognitive abilities of our predictive brains and to address some fundamental questions, such as how humans address the uncertainties related to task representation, what plan to pursue, and how to collaborate with others to solve cooperative planning tasks.
In parallel, we develop computational models of hierarchical inference and planning that we use to better understand the computational principles that guide human planning and to conduct model-based analyses of participant’s behavior during the experiments.
Finally, we integrate our novel findings on planning within a larger, inferential perspective of how the brain learns internal models of the world and of the body within it - and how it uses these models to address novel and unforeseen real world problems. For this, we are investigating the possible neuronal underpinnings of inferential dynamics, both when the brain is engaged in a particular planning or problem solving task, and when it is at rest – as evident for example in hippocampal “replays” and brain resting state dynamics.