Figure 2.

Active inference interoceptive dysfunction 2: context rigidity. A second form of dysfunction occurs when the individual maintains the same model in a new context. For example, upon emerging from the Rocky Mountain forest into the prairie grasslands of Oklahoma (devoid of bears but with an abundance of rabbits), an individual may still associate the sound of an approaching rabbit with the perception of a charging bear. Whereas an adaptive person initially establishes a new and context-specific model (there may be bears or rabbits in this new environment; right), the nonadaptive person continues to maintain the previously held belief of a high prevalence of bears despite being in a different environment (left).