{"slug":"paper-badcock-p-b-friston-k-j-and-ramstead-m-j-d-2019-the-hierarchically-mechanistic-m","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":2,"head":"240fd0dac0f0ec375f9288218cfcdcef67bbeb3293c62ff4e8e2833938c2f153"},"count":2,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30704846/","title":"The hierarchically mechanistic mind: A free-energy formulation of the human psyche","quote":"This article presents a unifying theory of the embodied, situated human brain called the Hierarchically Mechanistic Mind (HMM). The HMM describes the brain as a complex adaptive system that actively minimises the decay of our sensory and physical states by producing self-fulfilling action-perception cycles via dynamical interactions between hierarchically organised neurocognitive mechanisms.","summary":"Abstract and core formulation of the HMM from the 2019 Physics of Life Reviews paper.","claim_ids":["c1","c2","c3"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-08T05:51:57.978Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"verified","prev":"genesis","hash":"1a7b3314b318dea1b83b4f4f3be42a5df7849ec3b72b172f024dd126acac14d4"},{"id":"s2","type":"other","url":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571064519300028","title":"The hierarchically mechanistic mind: A free-energy formulation of the human psyche","quote":"After leveraging the FEP to formally define the HMM across different spatiotemporal scales, we conclude by exploring its implications for theorising and research in the sciences of the mind and behaviour.","summary":"Confirmation of scale-spanning formulation and implications section.","claim_ids":["c3"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-08T05:51:57.978Z","link_status":"http_400","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"1a7b3314b318dea1b83b4f4f3be42a5df7849ec3b72b172f024dd126acac14d4","hash":"240fd0dac0f0ec375f9288218cfcdcef67bbeb3293c62ff4e8e2833938c2f153"}]}