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Do Brains Operate at a Tipping Point? New Clues and Complications

By Charlie Wood
June 10, 2019
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New experimental results simultaneously advance and challenge the theory that the brain’s network of neurons balances on the knife-edge between two phases.

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Brains May Teeter Near Their Tipping Point

By Jennifer Ouellette
June 14, 2018
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In a renewed attempt at a grand unified theory of brain function, physicists now argue that brains optimize performance by staying near — though not exactly at — the critical point between two phases.

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Wired to Learn: The Next AI

A Brain Built From Atomic Switches Can Learn

By Andreas von Bubnoff
September 20, 2017
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A tiny self-organized mesh full of artificial synapses recalls its experiences and can solve simple problems. Its inventors hope it points the way to devices that match the brain’s energy-efficient computing prowess.

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A Fundamental Theory to Model the Mind

By Jennifer Ouellette
April 3, 2014
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Support is growing for a decades-old physics idea suggesting that localized episodes of disordered brain activity help keep the overall system in healthy balance.

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