Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain - life - 29 June 2009 - New Scientist

Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain I am vindicated! From the page: your brain operates on the edge of chaos. Though much of the time it runs in an orderly and stable way, every now and again it suddenly and unpredictably lurches into a blizzard of noise. Neuroscientists have... more

Reviewed by xineann Jul 02, 11:03pm ( 4 reviews ) • newscientist.com

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Rated by FarmerMaggot on Jul 19, 8:28pm

Fascinating discussion of "self-organized criticality" in the brain. I'll have to spend some time thinking about meditation and psilocybin trips with these insights in mind, though both have already revealed to me a small slice of the subtle chaos that dominates my moment-to-moment cognitive experience. If you like this page, I recommend Three-Toed Sloth.
Rated by danbaltzell on Jul 17, 5:26am

how the chaos brain is
Rated by xineann on Jul 02, 11:03pm

Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain I am vindicated! From the page: your brain operates on the edge of chaos. Though much of the time it runs in an orderly and stable way, every now and again it suddenly and unpredictably lurches into a blizzard of noise. Neuroscientists have long suspected as much. Only recently, however, have they come up with proof that brains work this way. Now they are trying to work out why. Some believe that near-chaotic states may be crucial to memory, and could explain why some people are smarter than others. Read full explanation (There's a cute little video with brainwaves, too).

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