Recent work suggests a more general role for MPFC in predicting the outcome of actions and then evaluating those predictions.
By envisioning the outcome of actions before committing to them, a robot is able to reason about physical phenomena and can therefore prevent itself from ending up in unwanted situations.
Their actions or concerns and the outcome of actions or events are needed to convey a reflexive representation of the situation [ 29].
This definition of patient engagement has the indubitable strength of considering engagement as a systemic concept, which is the outcome of actions carried out at different levels of complexity (i.e. individual, relational, communitarian, organizational and health policy).
The underlying mechanism probably relies on predictive control processes that compare the predicted outcome of an action with the action goal.
This is where we dwell on possible outcomes of actions we didn't actually take.
Langton's chapters operate synthetically, at a curious remove from the action, as if from a consciousness hovering above those of the figures in the story, whose movements and feelings and thoughts are tethered to more local contexts, to the purposes and outcomes of actions.
Given its links to working memory, O may also be important in evaluating the outcomes of actions.
A lack of sensitivity to the direct outcomes of actions but preserved sensitivity to broader goals—such as relief from anxiety triggered by obsessions might explain this phenomenon.
They have been defined as the anticipated outcomes of actions and can be thought of as the pros (positive outcome expectations) and cons (negative outcome expectations) of engaging in a specific behavior [ 30].
