Book Review: Networks of the Brain

Frontiers in Psychology

Fozia Anwar¹ 

关键词: neuronal networks;    complex adaptive systems;    complex networks;    social network analysis;    complex systems;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01299

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Natural systems consisting of living systems as well as some artificial systems (Altamimi and Ramadan, 2016; Batool and Niazi, 2017) can be classified as Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) (Holland, 2012). These systems have complexity in terms of having nonlinear interactions between numerous agents—interactions which cannot be easily summarized. CAS also have some rather peculiar properties—they adapt such that individual agents do not matter—an example being of cells which can continually get replaced with no discernable loss of overall emergent functionality. Examples of CAS include humans or animals. Such systems simply cannot be understood by dissection or only from the perspective of being made up of a wide variety of cells or elements/compounds for that matter.

【 授权许可】

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