Variational neuroethology: Answering further questions: Reply to comments on "Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation"

Maxwell J D Ramstead¹, Paul B Badcock², Karl J Friston³

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¹ Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Pine Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Philosophy, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke Street West, H3A 2T7, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: maxwell.ramstead@mail.mcgill.ca.
² Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3052, Australia; Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne 3052, Australia. Electronic address: pbadcock@unimelb.edu.au.
³ Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address: k.friston@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 29329942
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.01.003

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Variational neuroethology: Answering further questions: Reply to comments on "Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation"

Maxwell J D Ramstead et al. Phys Life Rev. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar:24:59-66.

doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.01.003. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

Authors

Maxwell J D Ramstead¹, Paul B Badcock², Karl J Friston³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, 1033 Pine Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Philosophy, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke Street West, H3A 2T7, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: maxwell.ramstead@mail.mcgill.ca.
² Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia; Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3052, Australia; Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne 3052, Australia. Electronic address: pbadcock@unimelb.edu.au.
³ Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address: k.friston@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 29329942
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.01.003

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