*4.2.1.4 Brain is a self-organizing virtual system*

Genetically-defined propensities in the brain substrate (gray and white matter, etc.) allow a range of self-organization trajectories, the actual developmental

#### **Figure 9.**

*1. Successive co-activation of different neurons produces a growing associative network. 2. Associative network undergoes phase transition resulting in the formation of packet Xi , giving rise to perceiving object*α *. Different activation–inhibition patterns in*α *underlie the experience of*α *manifesting states* β *and* γ *and behavior patterns)* β ➔ γ *and* γ ➔ β*.*

#### **Figure 10.**

*Phase transitions in the associative network transform it into a packet network. Selecting, mobilizing and deploying packets in the packet network populates the world with a multitude of distinct objects capable of different behavior patterns. Mental models establish coordination between behavior patterns.*

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**Figure 11.**

*in the direction of the target.*

*Brain Functional Architecture and Human Understanding*

trajectory results from an interplay between the propensities and conditions

Self-organization is predicated on energy inflows sufficient for producing coordinated neuronal structures. The process is sustainable because it stabilizes energy inflows via expanding the range of extremal activities (thus diversifying energy sources) while minimizing internal energy expenditures incurred in the

Periods of deliberate (attentive, self-directed) construction and manipulation of mental models alternate with periods of spontaneous re-structuring: the overall neuronal organization adapts to the newly formed structures and, reciprocally, the

In neuronal structures, a few controls can manipulate a much larger numbers of

Assumptions advanced in the preceding section entail the following suggestions.

associative links incident to the packet's Markov Blanket (MB) from inside the

 σ( ) ( )/

(*T*) reflecting cumulative strength of

1.Formation of neuronal packets transforms associative network into a packet network embedded into an energy landscape, with the packets residing in local minima. The height of packet energy barrier *Em* (free energy) is a function of

*4.2.1.6 Self-organization proceeds through assimilation/accommodation cycles*

new structure are adjusted and integrated into the organization.

degrees of freedom [49, 50]. **Figure 11** illustrates this important notion.

*4.2.2 Putting it all together: neuronal substrate of understanding and brain* 

σ

σ

packet vs. the cumulative strength of those incident from the outside.

*E T T d T dT <sup>m</sup>* = −

*Imagine raising your arm and touching the tip of your nose in three consecutive positions: looking to the left, looking straight ahead, and looking to the right. Population vector in the packet determining arm movement rotates accordingly. Coordinates of the nose tip in mental space control tuning of numerous neurons in the arm packet. Seminal studies in [51–53] demonstrated that movement organization involves rotation of packet vectors* 

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encountered throughout the lifetime.

*4.2.1.5 Brain is an energy seeking system*

*4.2.1.7 Brain is a synergistic system*

*functional architecture*

temperature T and parameter

expansion.

trajectory results from an interplay between the propensities and conditions encountered throughout the lifetime.
