Part 7/11:
Moreover, this research holds promise for mental health treatments. Many individuals with anxiety and depression experience persistent negative thought cycles, exacerbated by the brain’s predictive abilities. By comprehensively understanding predictive coding, new therapies could emerge to help patients break free from these damaging patterns.
Challenges of AI in Neuroscience
Despite these exciting developments, the application of AI in brain research comes with certain limitations. Much of the data informing these conclusions comes from patients with epilepsy who had electrodes implanted—meaning the findings may not represent the broader, healthy population.