Usuário(a):MGromov/Critical brain hypothesis
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In neuroscience, the critical brain hypothesis states that certain biological neuronal networks work near phase transitions.[1][2][3]. In experiments, some neurons have shown an activity avalanche, with sizes that follow a power law distribution. This suggest they operate close to a critical point.[4] According to this hypothesis, the brain would transition between two phases, one in which activity will rapidly reduce and die, and another where activity will buid up and amplify over time.[4] In criticality, the brain capacity for information processing is enhanced,[4][5][6][7] so subcritical, critical and slightly supercritical branching process of thoughts could describe how human and animal minds function.[1]