A free energy principle for generic quantum systems

C Fields, K Friston, JF Glazebrook, M Levin - Progress in Biophysics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Free Energy Principle (FEP) states that under suitable conditions of weak
coupling, random dynamical systems with sufficient degrees of freedom will behave so as to …

Darwin's agential materials: evolutionary implications of multiscale competency in developmental biology

M Levin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world

BJ Kagan, AC Kitchen, NT Tran, F Habibollahi… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Integrating neurons into digital systems may enable performance infeasible with silicon
alone. Here, we develop DishBrain, a system that harnesses the inherent adaptive …

On Bayesian mechanics: a physics of and by beliefs

MJD Ramstead, DAR Sakthivadivel… - Interface …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The aim of this paper is to introduce a field of study that has emerged over the last decade,
called Bayesian mechanics. Bayesian mechanics is a probabilistic mechanics, comprising …

The emperor's new Markov blankets

J Bruineberg, K Dołęga, J Dewhurst… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The free energy principle, an influential framework in computational neuroscience and
theoretical neurobiology, starts from the assumption that living systems ensure adaptive …

Is the free-energy principle a formal theory of semantics? From variational density dynamics to neural and phenotypic representations

MJD Ramstead, KJ Friston, I Hipólito - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper is twofold:(1) to assess whether the construct of neural representations
plays an explanatory role under the variational free-energy principle and its corollary …

Taking subjectivity seriously: towards a unification of phenomenology, psychiatry, and neuroscience

EJ Kyzar, GH Denfield - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
Nearly all psychiatric diseases involve alterations in subjective, lived experience. The
scientific study of the biological basis of mental illness has generally focused on objective …

Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence

S Sarasso, AG Casali, S Casarotto… - Neuroscience of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Over the last years, a surge of empirical studies converged on complexity-related measures
as reliable markers of consciousness across many different conditions, such as sleep …

Entropy and the brain: An overview

S Keshmiri - Entropy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Entropy is a powerful tool for quantification of the brain function and its information
processing capacity. This is evident in its broad domain of applications that range from …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive effort and active inference

T Parr, E Holmes, KJ Friston, G Pezzulo - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to integrate some key constructs in the cognitive neuroscience of cognitive
control and executive function by formalising the notion of cognitive (or mental) effort in …