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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
卷 104, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.104.014411
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- Agencia Nacional De Promocion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (Argentina) [PICT-2018-03103]
The study found that the brain dynamics in unconscious states are closer to equilibrium, while the brain dynamics in conscious wakefulness are more imbalanced. This demonstrates that nonequilibrium macroscopic brain dynamics are a robust signature of consciousness, allowing for the characterization of cognition and awareness using tools from statistical mechanics.
The cognitive functions of human and nonhuman primates rely on the dynamic interplay of distributed neural assemblies. As such, it seems unlikely that cognition can be supported by macroscopic brain dynamics at the proximity of equilibrium. We confirmed this hypothesis by investigating electrocorticography data from nonhuman primates undergoing different states of unconsciousness (sleep, and anesthesia with propofol, ketamine, and ketamine plus medetomidine), and functional magnetic resonance imaging data from humans, both during deep sleep and under propofol anesthesia. Systematically, all states of reduced consciousness unfolded at higher proximity to equilibrium compared to conscious wakefulness, as demonstrated by the computation of entropy production and the curl of probability flux in phase space. Our results establish nonequilibrium macroscopic brain dynamics as a robust signature of consciousness, opening the way for the characterization of cognition and awareness using tools from statistical mechanics.
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