neurodynamics is intrinsically dissipative. Dissipation,i.e. the reciprocal exchange of energy (in various forms of information, matter, radiation, etc.)between the brain and its environment, is a characterizing feature of brain dynamics. Therefore,non-equilibrium processes, critical phenomena, and phase transitions necessarily enter into anyrealistic modeling of brain function

The Dissipative Brain and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

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In this paper we briefly summarize the dissipative many-body model of brain which provides the theoretical scheme aimed to describe the basic dynamics ...

neurodynamics is intrinsically dissipative. Dissipation,

i.e. the reciprocal exchange of energy (in various forms of information, matter, radiation, etc.)

between the brain and its environment, is a characterizing feature of brain dynamics. Therefore,

non-equilibrium processes, critical phenomena, and phase transitions necessarily enter into any

realistic modeling of brain function