The brain as a dynamically active organ.

Nervous systems are typically described as static networks passively responding to external stimuli (i.e., the 'sensorimotor hypothesis'). However, for more than a century now, evidence has been accumulating that this passive-static perspective is wrong. Instead, evidence suggests that nervous systems dynamically change their connectivity and actively generate behavior so their owners can achieve goals in the world, some of which involve controlling their sensory feedback. This review provides a brief overview of the different historical perspectives on general brain function and details some select modern examples falsifying the sensorimotor hypothesis.

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  2020

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  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - BBRC

• Publication date

  2020-10-22

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.31234/osf.io/j37avPMID 33317833
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