Criticality in the brain: A synthesis of neurobiology, models and cognition
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · The University of Melbourne · +1 more institution
Abstract
Cognitive function requires the coordination of neural activity across many scales, from neurons and circuits to large-scale networks. As such, it is unlikely that an explanatory framework focused upon any single scale will yield a comprehensive theory of brain activity and cognitive function. Modelling and analysis methods for neuroscience should aim to accommodate multiscale phenomena. Emerging research now suggests that multi-scale processes in the brain arise from so-called critical phenomena that occur very broadly in the natural world. Criticality arises in complex systems perched between order and disorder, and is marked by fluctuations that do not have any privileged spatial or temporal scale. We…
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4Topics & keywords
- Neuroscience
- Cognition
- Psychology
- Cognitive science
- Criticality
- Computational neuroscience
- Biological neural network
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