When at rest: "Event-free" active inference may give rise to implicit self-models of coping potential

Behav Brain Sci. 2015:38:e114. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14001642.

Abstract

Kalisch and colleagues highlight coping potential (CP) as a principle resilience mechanism during event engagement. We complement this discussion by exploring generative implicit CP self-models, arguably emerging during "resting-state," subsequent and prior to events. Resting-state affords a propitious environment for Bayesian learning, wherein appraisals/reappraisals may update active inferential CP self-models, which then mediate appraisal style organization and resilience factor valuation.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Bayes Theorem*
  • Learning
  • Rest
  • Thinking