Predictive coding is a theory of how the brain processes information: it maintains an internal model of reality, generates predictions about incoming sensory input, and updates the model based on prediction errors (the difference between predicted and actual input).
Key Principles
- •Top-down predictions — the brain predicts what it will sense
- •Prediction errors — mismatches drive learning and attention
- •Efficiency — only unexpected signals need full processing
- •Reality as model — perception is the brain's "best guess"
In ONDA Life
Part 9 aims to create a "precise Predictive Coding model of reality." Mental simulation and visualization train the brain to generate accurate predictions — enabling proactive mastery and "pre-writing" events at the neural level.
Scientific Basis
Built on: Polyvagal Theory (Porges); Psychoneuroimmunology (Ader & Cohen); neuroplasticity research.