Synaptic Homeostasis

Biological mechanism of sleep-dependent synapse elimination; analogous to Bayesian model reduction removing redundant parameters

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Giulio Tononi
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Developer of integrated information theory; provides formal tools for measuring integration and consciousness in systems.

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Sufficient statistics of Dirichlet priors over likelihood; accumulate as experience is gained; analogous to synaptic efficacy

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Homeostasisconcept0.824
Biological principle whereby agents maintain sensations within hospitable range; basis for active inference motivation.
Anatomical Homeostasisconcept0.811
Ability of organisms to adjust anatomy despite injury or rearrangement; demonstrates collective problem-solving in morphospace.
Homeostasis And Homeodynamicsconcept0.806
Tononi & Cirelli (2006) — Sleep function and synaptic homeostasisconcept0.801
Synaptic homeostasis hypothesis cited as neurobiological analog of non-REM Bayesian model reduction
Synaptic Plasticityconcept0.788
Experience-dependent changes in synaptic weights, implementing learning of A, B, D matrices.
homeostatconcept0.774
Ashby’s cybernetic device that achieves stability against perturbations; influenced Alexander’s notion of connected subsystems.
Homeostatic cycles as atoms of cybernetic systemsconcept0.763
Sub-Neural Chemistry in Synapsesconcept0.761
The complex chemical processes within synapses, which Sloman argues are ignored by simplistic neural models focusing only on connection weights.