Arto eAnnila

On the character of consciousness

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience July 1, 2016 Arto eAnnila 18 citations

The human brain is a particularly demanding system to infer its nature from observations. Thus, there is on one hand plenty of room for theorizing and on the other hand a pressing need for a rigorous theory. We apply statistical mechanics of open systems to describe the brain as a hierarchical system in consuming free energy in least time. This holistic tenet accounts for cellular metabolism,...