Brain activity and cognition : a connection from thermodynamics and information theory
Collell, Guillem (Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Fauquet Ars, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)

Data:	2015
Resum:	The connection between brain and mind is an important scientific and philosophical question that we are still far from completely understanding. A crucial point to our work is noticing that thermodynamics provides a convenient framework to model brain activity, whereas cognition can be modeled in information-theoretical terms. In fact, several models have been proposed so far from both approaches. A second critical remark is the existence of deep theoretical connections between thermodynamics and information theory. In fact, some well-known authors claim that the laws of thermodynamics are nothing but principles in information theory. Unlike in physics or chemistry, a formalization of the relationship between information and energy is currently lacking in neuroscience. In this paper we propose a framework to connect physical brain and cognitive models by means of the theoretical connections between information theory and thermodynamics. Ultimately, this article aims at providing further insight on the formal relationship between cognition and neural activity.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Free energy ; Negentropy ; Brain thermodynamics ; Cognitive models Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut ; Information theory
Publicat a:	Frontiers in psychology, Vol. 6 (june 2015) , ISSN 1664-1078

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00818
PMID: 26136709

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