Imagination vs. routines: festive time, weekly time, and the predictive brain
Alessandro Bortolotti,
Alice Conti,
Angelo Romagnoli
et al.
Abstract:This paper examines the relationship between societal structures shaped by traditions, norms, laws, and customs, and creative expressions in arts and media through the lens of the predictive coding framework in cognitive science. The article proposes that both dimensions of culture can be viewed as adaptations designed to enhance and train the brain’s predictive abilities in the social domain. Traditions, norms, laws, and customs foster shared predictions and expectations among individuals, thereby reducing un… Show more
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