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Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation
The free-energy principle (FEP) is a formal model of neuronal processes that is widely recognised in neuroscience as a unifying theory of the brain and biobehaviour. More recently, however, it has been extended beyond the brain to explain the dynamics of living systems, and their unique capacity to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001 |
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author | Ramstead, Maxwell James Désormeau Badcock, Paul Benjamin Friston, Karl John |
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description | The free-energy principle (FEP) is a formal model of neuronal processes that is widely recognised in neuroscience as a unifying theory of the brain and biobehaviour. More recently, however, it has been extended beyond the brain to explain the dynamics of living systems, and their unique capacity to avoid decay. The aim of this review is to synthesise these advances with a meta-theoretical ontology of biological systems called variational neuroethology, which integrates the FEP with Tinbergen's four research questions to explain biological systems across spatial and temporal scales. We exemplify this framework by applying it to Homo sapiens, before translating variational neuroethology into a systematic research heuristic that supplies the biological, cognitive, and social sciences with a computationally tractable guide to discovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-58572882018-03-19 Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation Ramstead, Maxwell James Désormeau Badcock, Paul Benjamin Friston, Karl John Phys Life Rev Review The free-energy principle (FEP) is a formal model of neuronal processes that is widely recognised in neuroscience as a unifying theory of the brain and biobehaviour. More recently, however, it has been extended beyond the brain to explain the dynamics of living systems, and their unique capacity to avoid decay. The aim of this review is to synthesise these advances with a meta-theoretical ontology of biological systems called variational neuroethology, which integrates the FEP with Tinbergen's four research questions to explain biological systems across spatial and temporal scales. We exemplify this framework by applying it to Homo sapiens, before translating variational neuroethology into a systematic research heuristic that supplies the biological, cognitive, and social sciences with a computationally tractable guide to discovery. Elsevier 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5857288/ /pubmed/29029962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001 Text en © Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. |
spellingShingle | Review Ramstead, Maxwell James Désormeau Badcock, Paul Benjamin Friston, Karl John Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title_full | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title_fullStr | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title_full_unstemmed | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title_short | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
title_sort | answering schrödinger's question: a free-energy formulation |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029962 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001 |
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