An Active Inference view of cognitive control

The Active Inference framework (Friston et al., 2009; Friston, 2010) argues that the brain's generative models continuously produce predictions and goals that guide its action (active inference) and perception (predictive coding) through free energy minimization. In this framework, most studies have focused on the on-line prediction of perceptual events and the control of overt behavior. We propose that the framework can be extended to explain cognitive control.