Empirical Inference Article 2015

What is epistemic value in free energy models of learning and acting? A bounded rationality perspective

Free energy models of learning and acting do not only care about utility or extrinsic value, but also about intrinsic value, that is, the information value stemming from probability distributions that represent beliefs or strategies. While these intrinsic values can be interpreted as epistemic values or exploration bonuses under certain conditions, the framework of bounded rationality offers a complementary interpretation in terms of information-processing costs that we discuss here.

Author(s): Ortega, PA and Braun, DA
Journal: Cognitive Neuroscience
Volume: 6
Number (issue): 4
Pages: 215-216
Year: 2015
Month: December
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1051525
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BibTex

@article{OrtegaB2015,
  title = {What is epistemic value in free energy models of learning and acting? A bounded rationality perspective},
  journal = {Cognitive Neuroscience},
  abstract = {Free energy models of learning and acting do not only care about utility or extrinsic value, but also about intrinsic value, that is, the information value stemming from probability distributions that represent beliefs or strategies. While these intrinsic values can be interpreted as epistemic values or exploration bonuses under certain conditions, the framework of bounded rationality offers a complementary interpretation in terms of information-processing costs that we discuss here.},
  volume = {6},
  number = {4},
  pages = {215-216},
  month = dec,
  year = {2015},
  slug = {ortegab2015},
  author = {Ortega, PA and Braun, DA},
  month_numeric = {12}
}