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Kello, Christopher T., Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.), Ferrer-i-Cancho, Ramon, Holden, John G., Linkenkaer-Hansen, Klaus, Rhodes, Theo and Van Orden, Guy C. (2010) Scaling laws in cognitive sciences. Trends in cognitive Sciences, Vol.14 (No.5). pp. 223-232. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2010.02.005
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2010.02.005
Abstract
Scaling laws are ubiquitous in nature, and they pervade neural, behavioral and linguistic activities. A scaling law suggests the existence of processes or patterns that are repeated across scales of analysis. Although the variables that express a scaling law can vary from one type of activity to the next, the recurrence of scaling laws across so many different systems has prompted a search for unifying principles. In biological systems, scaling laws can reflect adaptive processes of various types and are often linked to complex systems poised near critical points. The same is true for perception, memory, language and other cognitive phenomena. Findings of scaling laws in cognitive science are indicative of scaling invariance in cognitive mechanisms and multiplicative interactions among interdependent components of cognition.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cognitive science, Scaling laws (Statistical physics) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Trends in cognitive Sciences | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science London | ||||
| ISSN: | 1364-6613 | ||||
| Official Date: | May 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.14 | ||||
| Number: | No.5 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 223-232 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tics.2010.02.005 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCINN), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO), National Academies (U.S.). Keck Futures Initiative (KFI) | ||||
| Grant number: | RES 062 23 0545 (ESRC), TIN2008-06582-C03-01 (MCINN), BCS-0446813 (NSF), BCS-0642718 (NSF), BCS-0842784 (NSF) |
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