Active Inference

Active Inference (2)·Autogenic Therapy (1)·EEG (1)·Free Energy Principle (1)·Heart Rate Variability (1)·interoception (4)·Neurobiology (1)·Predictive Processing (4)·Qigong (1)·Traditional Chinese Medicine (3)

In the 1920s, German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz developed a relaxation technique called Autogenic Therapy (AT). It involves silently repeating specific physiological formulas to oneself, such as “My right arm is heavy and warm,” or “My heartbeat is calm and regular.” Astonishingly, patients who practiced this did not just experience a subjective illusion of warmth—clinical… Continue reading The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the Body: Qigong, Autogenic Therapy, and Active Inference

Active Inference (2)·Acupuncture Neuroscience (1)·Bayesian Brain (1)·de qi (3)·Neurophilosophy (3)·Predictive Processing (4)·Qi Zhi (1)

The integration of modern cognitive science with classical East Asian medicine has reached a fascinating threshold. A recent paper published in MDPI’s Brain Sciences presents a pioneer attempt to frame the therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture through the lenses of Predictive Processing (PP) and Active Inference under Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle (FEP) [1]. At the… Continue reading Active Inference, De Qi, and the Neurobiology of Acupuncture: A Critical Response