# AGENTS.md — Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test

**Paper**: Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test (2022)
**Area**: Art
**Authors**: Sean O'Connor, Daniel Ari Friedman

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: We apply a predictive processing interpretation to mirror test results, offering a novel perspective on mirror self-recognition. We hypothesize that a...
- Evaluate: Applies predictive processing to reinterpret the mirror test
- Evaluate: Proposes the reflection prediction hypothesis for self-recognition
- Evaluate: Connects mirror self-recognition to broader predictive coding theory

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Predictive processing framework analysis
- Assess and document: Behavioral test reinterpretation
- Assess and document: Theoretical model development

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this art work
- Map connections to related works in the Friedman corpus
- Identify citing papers and downstream applications

### 🔗 Synthesis Agent
**Focus**: Cross-paper and cross-domain connections
**Tasks**:
- Connect themes: mirror test, predictive processing, self-recognition, reflection prediction, Active Inference
- Link to related works in the docxology corpus
- Identify synergies across Active Inference, entomology, and cognitive security

### 💼 Consultant Agent
**Focus**: Practical application and knowledge transfer
**Tasks**:
- Evaluates practical applications and implementation strategies for this research
- Maps findings to industry challenges, Active Inference, and technological solutions
- Facilitates knowledge transfer to external teams and collaborators

## Extraction Log

- **Source PDF**: `2022_MirrorTest.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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