Quantifying collectivity

Quantifying collectivity

Highlights • The collectivity of aggregate behavior can be quantified using information theory. • Amplification quantifies information flow from small to large scales and hence system-level sensitivity to perturbations at the small-scale. • Measures of decomposability tell us whether the aggregate-l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current opinion in neurobiology 2016-04, Vol.37, p.106-113
Hauptverfasser: Daniels, Bryan C, Ellison, Christopher J, Krakauer, David C, Flack, Jessica C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Biophysical Phenomena
Brain - physiology
Humans
Information Theory
Neurology
Neurons - physiology
Psychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • The collectivity of aggregate behavior can be quantified using information theory. • Amplification quantifies information flow from small to large scales and hence system-level sensitivity to perturbations at the small-scale. • Measures of decomposability tell us whether the aggregate-level behavior is reducible and hence can reveal the basic causal units in the system.
ISSN:0959-4388
1873-6882
DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2016.01.012