The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation
In the neighborhood of critical states, distinct materials exhibit the same physical behavior, expressed by common simple laws among measurable observables, hence rendering a more detailed analysis of the individual systems obsolete. It is a widespread view that critical states are fundamental to ne...
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| description | In the neighborhood of critical states, distinct materials exhibit the same physical behavior, expressed by common simple laws among measurable observables, hence rendering a more detailed analysis of the individual systems obsolete. It is a widespread view that critical states are fundamental to neuroscience and directly favor computation. We argue here that from an evolutionary point of view, critical points seem indeed to be a natural phenomenon. Using mammalian hearing as our example, we show, however, explicitly that criticality does not describe the proper computational process and thus is only indirectly related to the computation in neural systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81f0554e1d7442cc9fd2e7269edf653d2023-12-01T20:51:17ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002022-04-0124454010.3390/e24040540The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not ComputationRuedi Stoop0Florian Gomez1Institute of Neuroinformatics, University and ETH Zürich, Irchel Campus, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, SwitzerlandInstitute of Neuroinformatics, University and ETH Zürich, Irchel Campus, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, SwitzerlandIn the neighborhood of critical states, distinct materials exhibit the same physical behavior, expressed by common simple laws among measurable observables, hence rendering a more detailed analysis of the individual systems obsolete. It is a widespread view that critical states are fundamental to neuroscience and directly favor computation. We argue here that from an evolutionary point of view, critical points seem indeed to be a natural phenomenon. Using mammalian hearing as our example, we show, however, explicitly that criticality does not describe the proper computational process and thus is only indirectly related to the computation in neural systems.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/4/540criticalitycomputationhearinglistening |
| spellingShingle | Ruedi Stoop Florian Gomez The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation Entropy criticality computation hearing listening |
| title | The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation |
| title_full | The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation |
| title_fullStr | The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation |
| title_short | The Analysis of Mammalian Hearing Systems Supports the Hypothesis That Criticality Favors Neuronal Information Representation but Not Computation |
| title_sort | analysis of mammalian hearing systems supports the hypothesis that criticality favors neuronal information representation but not computation |
| topic | criticality computation hearing listening |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/24/4/540 |
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