Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization

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Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis; Mateos, Diego Martín; Guevara, Ramon
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2023
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Our purpose is to address the biological problem of finding foundations of the organization in the collective activity among cell networks in the nervous system, at the meso/macroscale, giving rise to cognition and consciousness. But in doing so, we encounter another problem related to the interpretation of methods to assess the neural interactions and organization of the neurodynamics, because thermodynamic notions, which have precise meaning only under specific conditions, have been widely employed in these studies. The consequence is that apparently contradictory results appear in the literature, but these contradictions diminish upon the considerations of the specific circumstances of each experiment. After clarifying some of these controversial points and surveying some experimental results, we propose that a necessary condition for cognition/consciousness to emerge is to have available enough energy, or cellular activity; and a sufficient condition is the multiplicity of configurations in which cell networks can communicate, resulting in non-uniform energy distribution, the generation and dissipation of energy gradients due to the constant activity. The diversity of sensorimotor processing of higher animals needs a flexible, fluctuating web on neuronal connections, and we review results supporting such multiplicity of configurations among brain regions associated with conscious awareness and healthy brain states. These ideas may reveal possible fundamental principles of brain organization that could be extended to other natural phenomena and how healthy activity may derive to pathological states.
Fil: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. The Ronin Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Mateos, Diego Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos; Argentina
Fil: Guevara, Ramon. Università di Padova; Italia
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ENERGY GRADIENTS
ENTROPY
EQUILIBRIUM
NEURAL SYNCHRONY
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spelling Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organizationPerez Velazquez, Jose LuisMateos, Diego MartínGuevara, RamonCOGNITIONCONSCIOUSNESSENERGY GRADIENTSENTROPYEQUILIBRIUMNEURAL SYNCHRONYTHERMODYNAMICShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Our purpose is to address the biological problem of finding foundations of the organization in the collective activity among cell networks in the nervous system, at the meso/macroscale, giving rise to cognition and consciousness. But in doing so, we encounter another problem related to the interpretation of methods to assess the neural interactions and organization of the neurodynamics, because thermodynamic notions, which have precise meaning only under specific conditions, have been widely employed in these studies. The consequence is that apparently contradictory results appear in the literature, but these contradictions diminish upon the considerations of the specific circumstances of each experiment. After clarifying some of these controversial points and surveying some experimental results, we propose that a necessary condition for cognition/consciousness to emerge is to have available enough energy, or cellular activity; and a sufficient condition is the multiplicity of configurations in which cell networks can communicate, resulting in non-uniform energy distribution, the generation and dissipation of energy gradients due to the constant activity. The diversity of sensorimotor processing of higher animals needs a flexible, fluctuating web on neuronal connections, and we review results supporting such multiplicity of configurations among brain regions associated with conscious awareness and healthy brain states. These ideas may reveal possible fundamental principles of brain organization that could be extended to other natural phenomena and how healthy activity may derive to pathological states.Fil: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. The Ronin Institute; Estados UnidosFil: Mateos, Diego Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos; ArgentinaFil: Guevara, Ramon. Università di Padova; ItaliaElsevier2023-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/220016Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis; Mateos, Diego Martín; Guevara, Ramon; Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization; Elsevier; Heliyon; 9; 4; 4-2023; 1-192405-8440CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15005info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023022120info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:27:49Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/220016instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:27:50.086CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
title Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
spellingShingle Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
COGNITION
CONSCIOUSNESS
ENERGY GRADIENTS
ENTROPY
EQUILIBRIUM
NEURAL SYNCHRONY
THERMODYNAMICS
title_short Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
title_full Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
title_fullStr Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
title_full_unstemmed Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
title_sort Is the tendency to maximise energy distribution an optimal collective activity for biological purposes? A proposal for a global principle of biological organization
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
author Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
author_facet Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis
Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
author_role author
author2 Mateos, Diego Martín
Guevara, Ramon
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COGNITION
CONSCIOUSNESS
ENERGY GRADIENTS
ENTROPY
EQUILIBRIUM
NEURAL SYNCHRONY
THERMODYNAMICS
topic COGNITION
CONSCIOUSNESS
ENERGY GRADIENTS
ENTROPY
EQUILIBRIUM
NEURAL SYNCHRONY
THERMODYNAMICS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Our purpose is to address the biological problem of finding foundations of the organization in the collective activity among cell networks in the nervous system, at the meso/macroscale, giving rise to cognition and consciousness. But in doing so, we encounter another problem related to the interpretation of methods to assess the neural interactions and organization of the neurodynamics, because thermodynamic notions, which have precise meaning only under specific conditions, have been widely employed in these studies. The consequence is that apparently contradictory results appear in the literature, but these contradictions diminish upon the considerations of the specific circumstances of each experiment. After clarifying some of these controversial points and surveying some experimental results, we propose that a necessary condition for cognition/consciousness to emerge is to have available enough energy, or cellular activity; and a sufficient condition is the multiplicity of configurations in which cell networks can communicate, resulting in non-uniform energy distribution, the generation and dissipation of energy gradients due to the constant activity. The diversity of sensorimotor processing of higher animals needs a flexible, fluctuating web on neuronal connections, and we review results supporting such multiplicity of configurations among brain regions associated with conscious awareness and healthy brain states. These ideas may reveal possible fundamental principles of brain organization that could be extended to other natural phenomena and how healthy activity may derive to pathological states.
Fil: Perez Velazquez, Jose Luis. The Ronin Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Mateos, Diego Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Matemática Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos; Argentina
Fil: Guevara, Ramon. Università di Padova; Italia
description Our purpose is to address the biological problem of finding foundations of the organization in the collective activity among cell networks in the nervous system, at the meso/macroscale, giving rise to cognition and consciousness. But in doing so, we encounter another problem related to the interpretation of methods to assess the neural interactions and organization of the neurodynamics, because thermodynamic notions, which have precise meaning only under specific conditions, have been widely employed in these studies. The consequence is that apparently contradictory results appear in the literature, but these contradictions diminish upon the considerations of the specific circumstances of each experiment. After clarifying some of these controversial points and surveying some experimental results, we propose that a necessary condition for cognition/consciousness to emerge is to have available enough energy, or cellular activity; and a sufficient condition is the multiplicity of configurations in which cell networks can communicate, resulting in non-uniform energy distribution, the generation and dissipation of energy gradients due to the constant activity. The diversity of sensorimotor processing of higher animals needs a flexible, fluctuating web on neuronal connections, and we review results supporting such multiplicity of configurations among brain regions associated with conscious awareness and healthy brain states. These ideas may reveal possible fundamental principles of brain organization that could be extended to other natural phenomena and how healthy activity may derive to pathological states.
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