text: *Modeling and controlling the body in maladaptive ways*  9 
  
  We next turned to active inference and discussed how reduc- 
  ing uncertainty (not just maximizing utility) is a key imperative 
  in this framework. This implies that an active inference agent 
  can sometimes privilege uncertainty minimization over utility 
  maximization. In extreme conditions, such as when interocep- 
  tive uncertainty is excessive or difficult to reduce, a person could 
  develop maladaptive strategies to deal with it, such as acting on 
  the body to produce interoceptive sensations of pain or starvation 
  that reduce interoceptive uncertainty. 