Synergetics of brain function

Haken, Hermann

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.12.006

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“…14 The CQM introduces the quantitative measure of mentality and mathematically defined consciousness in nervous system or any other complex cognitive system. 15 The brain is also a synergetic system, which implies that it operates close to instabilities and achieves its activity by self-organization which leads to the emergence of new qualities [50]. 16 A synapse is a specialized junction between two neurons or other cells through which neurons signal/communicate with one another and to non-neuronal cells (such as those in muscles or glands).…”

Section: Space and Time In The Brainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, in our everyday thinking we locate our "self" within the boundaries of our body image in the centre of a perceived world 50 . Second, even in such psychopathological condition as an "out-of-body" experience, in which patients claim to experience themselves in two places at once [368][369][370], accurate analysis of reports reveals that at any one time the phenomenal world is seen either from the embodied or the disembodied perspective, which is still the centre of the phenomenal world.…”

Section: Phenomenal Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, in order to do so, we must have some internal representation of the actual and possible spatial relationships between our self and other significant objects in the veridical space [367]. 50 Subjectively, we experience our own self (the so-called observing ego) as residing in the centre of a phenomenal spatial world -this is what gives the name to the egocentric reference frame. According to this view, whenever the centered Self moves, it changes its position in relation to every phenomenal object in the phenomenal world, but it never changes its relation to the centre of phenomenal space [72,367].…”

Section: Phenomenal Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the phenomenal patterns, objects and/or scenes never stop -they are in constant flux. According to James [383], phenomenal consciousness is dynamic in that it continually moves from one relatively stable part (the resting place) to another relatively stable part, and these stable parts are separated by abrupt transitive parts (for modern interpretations see [26,38,50,55,71,384,385]). …”

Section: Phenomenal Timementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Considerable experimental evidence demonstrates that switching in both mind phenomenal and brain spatial-temporal patterns is a self-organized process that takes the form of an abrupt nonequilibrium transition [43,50,93,289,290,417,444,446,450,453,[511][512][513][514]. This mechanism has been proposed to work in spontaneous thinking or "mind wondering", when there is narrative of thoughts and images, which persists without disruption.…”

Section: The Succession Of Oms and The Stream Of Consciousnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Natural world physical, brain operational, and mind phenomenal space–time

Fingelkurts

Neves

2010

Physics of Life Reviews

167

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Concepts of space and time are widely developed in physics. However, there is a considerable lack of biologically plausible theoretical frameworks that can demonstrate how space and time dimensions are implemented in the activity of the most complex life-system -the brain with a mind. Brain activity is organized both temporally and spatially, thus representing space-time in the brain. Critical analysis of recent research on the space-time organization of the brain's activity pointed to the existence of so-called operational space-time in the brain. This space-time is limited to the execution of brain operations of differing complexity. During each such brain operation a particular short-term spatio-temporal pattern of integrated activity of different brain areas emerges within related operational space-time. At the same time, to have a fully functional human brain one needs to have a subjective mental experience. Current research on the subjective mental experience offers detailed analysis of space-time organization of the mind. According to this research, subjective mental experience (subjective virtual world) has definitive spatial and temporal properties similar to many physical phenomena. Based on systematic review of the propositions and tenets of brain and mind space-time descriptions, our aim in this review essay is to explore the relations between the two. To be precise, we would like to discuss the hypothesis that via the brain operational space-time the mind subjective space-time is connected to otherwise distant physical space-time reality.Key words: spatial, temporal, consciousness, cognition, operation, architectonics, EEG, field, metastability, physics, coordinative dynamics, self-organization, cortex.

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Section: Space and Time In The Brainmentioning

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Section: Phenomenal Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenal Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenal Timementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Succession Of Oms and The Stream Of Consciousnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Natural world physical, brain operational, and mind phenomenal space–time

Fingelkurts

Neves

2010

Physics of Life Reviews

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Optical flow approaches to the identification of brain dynamics

Lefèvre¹,

Baillet²

2009

Human Brain Mapping

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The superior temporal resolution of magneto- and electroencephalography (MEEG) provides unique insight into the dynamics of brain function. The analysis of the spatial dimensions of MEEG recordings can take a multiplicity of approaches: from the original scalp recordings to the identification of their generators through localizing or imaging techniques. Overall, both MEEG native or imaging data may be considered as multidimensional structures with potentially dense information contents. Quantitative analysis of the spatiotemporal flow of information conveyed by MEEG begins with a feature-extraction problem, thereby leading to improved insight in the multidimensional structure of brain dynamics. In this contribution, we approach this endeavor by suggesting that brain dynamic features from local through global spatial scales may be identified using the previously-introduced technique of surface-based optical flow. We illustrate this assertion by the quantitative analysis of time-resolved sequences of brain activity through the identification of episodes of relative topographical stability. In that respect, we revisit the concept of brain microstates with a new approach and distinct operational hypotheses. Local dynamic features from a variety of brain systems may also be explored through this methodology, as illustrated by experimental data on fast responses in the visual system as revealed by MEEG source imaging.

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Synergetic evolution of the regional intellectual property management systems in China based on logistic model

Zou

2022

Manage Decis Econ

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The synergetic evolution tracks of the order parameters of the regional intellectual property management systems in China showed significant regional difference, and the intensity of policy incentive mechanism affected the synergetic evolution of the intellectual property management system. The evolution tracks of the intellectual property development capability of different regions showed a steady upward trend and showed an evolution process from convergent ordered state to divergent disordered state, while the evolution tracks of the intellectual property protection capability and intellectual property operation capability of different regions were gentle and converged and had a stable conformity relation.

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Synergetics of brain function

Cited by 77 publications

References 59 publications

Natural world physical, brain operational, and mind phenomenal space–time

Natural world physical, brain operational, and mind phenomenal space–time

Optical flow approaches to the identification of brain dynamics

Synergetic evolution of the regional intellectual property management systems in China based on logistic model

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