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| author | Topcular, Baris Turkmen, Cigdem |
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| contents | <p>This paper re-evaluates the traditional dualism of top-down and bottom-up cognitive processing through the formal lens of Complex Systems Science. Rather than viewing these as linear, opposing pathways, this framework treats the mind/brain as a multi-scale hierarchical system characterized by bidirectional feedback loops and emergence.</p> <p>We explore how "bottom-up" sensory integration gives rise to higher-order cognitive states and how these states, in turn, exert downward causation to constrain lower-level neural activity. By applying concepts such as phase transitions, self-organized criticality, and non-linear dynamics, the article provides a robust mathematical and theoretical foundation for understanding how the brain balances environmental reactivity with internal goal-directed stability.</p> <p>This approach offers new insights into the "stability-plasticity" dilemma and aligns with contemporary theories in Active Inference and Synergetics, suggesting that cognitive "top-down" control is an emergent property of the system's drive to minimize global entropy.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Beyond Top-Down and Bottom-Up- Cognition as Context-Dependent Emergence in a Complex Adaptive Brain Topcular, Baris Turkmen, Cigdem <p>This paper re-evaluates the traditional dualism of top-down and bottom-up cognitive processing through the formal lens of Complex Systems Science. Rather than viewing these as linear, opposing pathways, this framework treats the mind/brain as a multi-scale hierarchical system characterized by bidirectional feedback loops and emergence.</p> <p>We explore how "bottom-up" sensory integration gives rise to higher-order cognitive states and how these states, in turn, exert downward causation to constrain lower-level neural activity. By applying concepts such as phase transitions, self-organized criticality, and non-linear dynamics, the article provides a robust mathematical and theoretical foundation for understanding how the brain balances environmental reactivity with internal goal-directed stability.</p> <p>This approach offers new insights into the "stability-plasticity" dilemma and aligns with contemporary theories in Active Inference and Synergetics, suggesting that cognitive "top-down" control is an emergent property of the system's drive to minimize global entropy.</p> |
| title | Beyond Top-Down and Bottom-Up- Cognition as Context-Dependent Emergence in a Complex Adaptive Brain |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18088521 |