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ArticleAdvances in neurobiology2024

Fractals in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Antonio Cerasa

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Article in Advances in neurobiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Antonio CerasaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, IRIB-CNR, Messina, Italy.

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The fractal dimension of cognition refers to the idea that the cognitive processes of the human brain exhibit fractal properties. This means that certain patterns of cognitive activity, such as visual perception, memory, language, or problem-solving, can be described using the mathematical concept of fractal dimension.The idea that cognition is fractal has been proposed by some researchers as a way to understand the complex, self-similar nature of the human brain. However, it's a relatively new idea and is still under investigation, so it's not yet clear to what extent cognitive processes exhibit fractal properties or what implications this might have for our understanding of the brain and clinical practice. Indeed, the mission of the "fractal neuroscience" field is to define the characteristics of fractality in human cognition in order to differently characterize the emergence of brain disorders.

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Cognitive NeuroscienceFractalsBrainCognitionHumansNeuropsychologyExecutive functionsFractal dimensionHuman cognitionLanguageMental disordersReasoningVisual perception

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