
Program
Active Inference in Psychiatry: Understanding Mechanisms of Psychopathology
1.013 Z6
19/06/25
08:30
10:00
Over the last decades, computational theories have transformed our understanding of the mind in both health and psychiatric disorders. Active Inference unifies perception, action, and learning under the mantle of Bayesian inference, where they emerge resulting from an agent’s drive to minimize free energy. This symposium brings together researchers who have applied Active Inference to behavioral and neural data in diverse mental health conditions, offering novel insights into underlying mechanisms.
First, Ryan Smith will discuss research on mechanisms of interoceptive Bayesian inference in affective and substance use disorders, shedding light on deficits in how individuals perceive their own bodily state. Riccardo Maromotti will present insights on illness awareness in Alzheimer's patients using a novel active inference model for the emotional Stroop task. Elisabeth Sterner will focus on the use of Active Inference to explain aberrant action selection in psychosis, providing insights into cognitive and behavioral disruptions seen in conditions like schizophrenia. Anna-Lena Eckert will present findings from a study of generative models in interpersonal behavior in depression, where aberrant model parameters lead to maladaptive social decisions in a trust game context. Finally, Andreea Diaconescu will present transdiagnostic findings using Active Inference to model suicide risk across psychiatric conditions.
Together, these presentations illustrate how Active Inference offers a cohesive computational approach to modeling diverse clinical phenomena, with implications for diagnosis and treatment. The symposium will foster discussions on the future directions and the potential of applying the Active Inference framework in clinical research, as well as current challenges and limitations.
chair(s):
Eckert, Anna-Lena
Sterner, Elisabeth
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authors:
Max Musterman