ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Freud's Model of the Mind Within a Predictive Processing Neuroscientific Paradigm.
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Abstract
The recent paradigm shift within cognitive neuroscience toward predictive processing appears to align with many psychoanalytic conceptualizations of the mind. In this article, we argue that several psychoanalytic concepts, such as projection, transference, wish-fulfillment, and perceptual identity, are particularly compatible with the current neuroscientific conception of the brain as a prediction machine. Specifically, we propose that the concept of projection as used in modern psychoanalysis to explore subjective experience and fantasies is closely analogous to the concept of prediction as it is used to explain the fundamental cognitive functions of the brain. We discuss the implications of this parallelism for understanding the role of homeostasis in psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, and we also discuss the parallels between insight and surprise in these two fields of mental science. Limitations in drawing parallels between projection and prediction are also addressed. By integrating these two fields, we envision the possibility of tackling subjectivity scientifically.
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