Elvira G-Guzmán, Yonatan Sanz Perl, Jakub Vohryzek, Anira Escrichs, Dragana Manasova, Başak Türker, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Morten Kringelbach, Jacobo D Sitt, Gustavo Deco
Life is a constant battle against equilibrium. From the cellular level to the macroscopic scale, living organisms as dissipative systems require the violation of their detailed balance, i.e. metabolic enzymatic reactions, in order to survive. We present a framework based on temporal asymmetry as a measure of non-equilibrium. By means of statistical physics, it was discovered that temporal asymmetries establish an arrow of time useful for assessing the reversibility in human brain time series. Previous studies in human and non-human primates have shown that decreased consciousness states such as sleep and anaesthesia result in brain dynamics closer to the equilibrium...
June 6, 2023: Interface Focus