The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory?
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Summary
This Review looks at some key brain theories in the biological and physical sciences from the free-energy perspective, suggesting that several global brain theories might be unified within a free- energy framework.
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- review
- Published
- 2010-02-01
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- 7,574
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Keywords
Surprise, Free energy principle, Energy (signal processing), Computer science, Free will
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