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Review
. 2021 Oct 13;2021(2):niab038.
doi: 10.1093/nc/niab038. eCollection 2021.

Bayesian theories of consciousness: a review in search for a minimal unifying model

Wiktor Rorot  1
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Bayesian theories of consciousness: a review in search for a minimal unifying model

Wiktor Rorot. Neurosci Conscious. .
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Abstract

The goal of the paper is to review existing work on consciousness within the frameworks of Predictive Processing, Active Inference, and Free Energy Principle. The emphasis is put on the role played by the precision and complexity of the internal generative model. In the light of those proposals, these two properties appear to be the minimal necessary components for the emergence of conscious experience-a Minimal Unifying Model of consciousness.

Keywords: active inference; computational explanation; consciousness; free energy principle; minimal unifying model; predictive processing.

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