{"pk":28021,"title":"Multiple heads outsmart one: A computational modelfor distributed decision making","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Distributed cognition and decision making has been a topic ofintense research in the recent years. In this paper, a computa-tional model of distributed decision making using a commu-nity of predictive coding agents is developed. The agents areembodied multimodal entities and situated in a shared envi-ronment. They have different visibility of the environment dueto unique sensory and generative models. We show that com-munication between agents helps each of them reach a shareddecision in a way that cannot be reached by brain processes ina single agent. Using a simulated environment, we show thatsensory limitations may lead to incorrect or delayed causal in-ferences giving rise to conflicts in the mind of a predictive cod-ing agent, and communication helps to resolve such conflictsand overcome the limitations.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"distributed cognition"},{"word":"predictive coding"},{"word":"agent"},{"word":"Embodiment"},{"word":"Communication"},{"word":"Free Energy"},{"word":"active inference"}],"section":"Publication-based-Talks","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6x84v2pv","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Masoumeh","middle_name":"Heidari","last_name":"Kapourchali","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Memphis","department":""},{"first_name":"Bonny","middle_name":"","last_name":"Banerjee","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Memphis","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2018-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28021/galley/17660/download/"}]}