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Nature Physics 2, 301 - 302 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys300
Subject Categories: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics | Biological physics
Psychophysics: Are our senses critical?
Dante R. Chialvo1
- Dante R. Chialvo is in the Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. e-mail: d-chialvo@northwestern.edu
Abstract
The sensitivity and dynamic range of a network made of neuron-like elements is now shown to be maximized at the critical point of a phase transition. This raises the question of whether critical senses might improve survival in a critical world.
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