A predictive coding framework of allostatic interoceptive overload to comprehend frontotemporal dementia

Recent allostatic‐interoceptive predictive coding theories propose that efficient regulation of the internal milieu is necessary to correctly anticipate the needs required to overcome environmental challenges before they arise. These theories are based on neurocognitive models of allostatic load and interoceptive processes, dimensions convergently affected in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. Nevertheless, this neurodegenerative disease has not been previously framed within such framework.