ReviewCognitive neurodynamics2020
The thermodynamic brain and the evolution of intellect: the role of mental energy.
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- Evaluating athletic mental energy analysis: a novel approach using fuzzy-based Bayesian networks.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Impact of thermodynamical rotational flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the presence of elasticity.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- Mental workload level assessment based on compounded hysteresis effect.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2023Article
- How the Brain Becomes the Mind: Can Thermodynamics Explain the Emergence and Nature of Emotions?Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Feasibility study of personalized speed adaptation method based on mental state for teleoperated robots.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Mental Maxwell Relations: A Thermodynamic Allegory for Higher Brain Functions.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Entropy, Amnesia, and Abnormal Déjà Experiences.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Editorial: Decision making from the perspective of neural thermodynamics and molecular information processing.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- The thermodynamics of cognition: A mathematical treatment.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
The living state is low entropy, highly complex organization, yet it is part of the energy cycle of the environment. Due to the recurring presence of the resting state, stimulus and its response form a thermodynamic cycle of perception that can be modeled by the Carnot engine. The endothermic reversed Carnot engine relies on energy from the environment to increase entropy (i.e., the synaptic complexity of the resting state). High entropy relies on mental energy, which represents intrinsic motivation and focuses on the future. It increases freedom of action. The Carnot engine can model exothermic, negative emotional states, which direct the focus on the past. The organism dumps entropy and energy to its environment, in the form of aggravation, anxiety, criticism, and physical violence. The loss of mental energy curtails freedom of action, forming apathy, depression, mental diseases, and immune problems. Our improving intuition about the brain's intelligent computations will allow the development of new treatments for mental disease and novel find applications in robotics and artificial intelligence.
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