Anticipatory attractors, functional neurochemistry and “Throw & Catch” mechanisms as illustrations of constructivism
Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Collective Intelligence, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences , McMaster University , Hamilton L8S 2T6 , ON , Canada
Abstract
Abstract
This review explores several rarely discussed examples illustrating constructivism principles, generative and selective features of neuronal regulation of behaviour. First, the review highlights Walter Freeman’s experiments and mathematical analysis that uncovered the existence of anticipatory attractors, i.e. non-random dynamical patterns in neurodynamics. Since Freeman’s work did not extend to neurochemistry, this paper then points to the proposed earlier neurochemical framework summarizing the managerial roles of monoaminergic, cholinergic and opioid receptor systems likely contributing to anticipatory attractors in line with functional constructivism. As a third example, neurochemistry’s evidence points to the “Throw & Catch” (T&C) principle in neurodynamics. This principle refers to the pro-active, neurochemically expensive, massive but topical increase of potentials (“Throw”) within electrodynamics and neurotransmission in the brain whenever there is an uncertainty in selection of degrees of freedom (DFs). The T&C also underlines the relay-like processes during the selection of DFs. The “Throw” works as an internally generated “flashlight” that, contrarily to the expectations of entropy reduction, increases entropy and variance observed in processes related to orientation and action-formation. The discussed examples highlight the deficiency of structures-oriented projects and excitation-inhibition concepts in neuroscience. The neural regulation of behaviour appears to be a fluid, constructive process, constantly upgrading the choice of behavioural DFs, to ensure the compatibility between the environmental and individual’s individuals’ needs and capacities.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
General Neuroscience
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