Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2000 - Volume 23, Issue 03  


Short Communication

Beyond the limits of the brain as a physical system

V. K. Jirsa a1 and J. A. S. Kelso a1
a1 Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 jirsa@walt.ccs.fau.edu www.ccs.fau.edu

Abstract

Nunez's description of the brain as a medium capable of wave propagation has provided some fundamental insights into its dynamics. This approach soon reaches the descriptive limits of the brain as a physical system, however. We point out some biological constraints which differentiate the brain from physical systems and we elaborate on its consequences for future research.