Information decomposition and the informational architecture of the brain
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · University of Cambridge · +4 more institutions
Abstract
To explain how the brain orchestrates information-processing for cognition, we must understand information itself. Importantly, information is not a monolithic entity. Information decomposition techniques provide a way to split information into its constituent elements: unique, redundant, and synergistic information. We review how disentangling synergistic and redundant interactions is redefining our understanding of integrative brain function and its neural organisation. To explain how the brain navigates the trade-offs between redundancy and synergy, we review converging evidence integrating the structural, molecular, and functional underpinnings of synergy and redundancy; their roles in cognition and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 38.35
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 171
Authors
5- AIAndrea I. Luppi
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, University of Cambridge, McGill University
- FEFernando E. Rosas
University of Sussex, University of Oxford, Imperial College London
- PAPedro A. M. Mediano
University of Cambridge, Imperial College London
- DMDavid Menon
University of Cambridge
- EAEmmanuel A. StamatakisCorresponding
University of Cambridge
Topics & keywords
- Cognition
- Cognitive science
- Redundancy (engineering)
- Information processing
- Psychology
- Cognitive architecture
- Neuroscience
- Architecture
Funding
- CICanadian Institute for Advanced ResearchAward: RCZB/072 RG93193
- MUMcGill University
- NINational Institute for Health and Care Research
- RCRoyal College of Anaesthetists
- FDFonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologiesAwards: 265502, 2020-RS4-265502
- UBUCLH Biomedical Research Centre
- NCNIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre