Ramstead, MJD;
Badcock, PB;
Friston, KJ;
(2018)
Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation.
[Review].
Physics of Life Reviews
, 24
pp. 1-16.
10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001.
Preview |
Text
1-s2.0-S1571064517301409-main.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
The free-energy principle (FEP) is a formal model of neuronal processes that is widely recognised in neuroscience as a unifying theory of the brain and biobehaviour. More recently, however, it has been extended beyond the brain to explain the dynamics of living systems, and their unique capacity to avoid decay. The aim of this review is to synthesise these advances with a meta-theoretical ontology of biological systems called variational neuroethology, which integrates the FEP with Tinbergen's four research questions to explain biological systems across spatial and temporal scales. We exemplify this framework by applying it to Homo sapiens, before translating variational neuroethology into a systematic research heuristic that supplies the biological, cognitive, and social sciences with a computationally tractable guide to discovery.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Answering Schrödinger's question: A free-energy formulation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2017.09.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Free energy principle; Complex adaptive systems; Evolutionary systems theory; Hierarchically mechanistic mind; Physics of the mind; Variational neuroethology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10047873 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
