AUTHOR=Wilkinson Sam , Dodgson Guy , Meares Kevin 

TITLE=Predictive Processing and the Varieties of Psychological Trauma

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01840

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01840

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>A recently popular framework in the cognitive sciences takes the human nervous system to be a hierarchically arranged Bayesian prediction machine. In this paper, we examine psychological trauma through the lens of this framework. We suggest that this can help us to understand the nature of trauma, and the different effects that different kinds of trauma can have. We end by exploring synergies between our approach and current theories of PTSD, and gesture toward future directions.</p>