Finding continuity and discontinuity in fish schools via integrated information theory.

ABSTRACT: Collective behaviours are known to be the result of diverse dynamics and are sometimes likened to living systems. Although many studies have revealed the dynamics of various collective behaviours, their main focus has been on the information processing performed by the collective, not on interactions within the collective. For example, the qualitative difference between three and four elements in a system has rarely been investigated. Tononi et al. proposed integrated information theory (IIT) to measure the degree of consciousness Φ. IIT postulates that the amount of information loss caused by the minimum information partition is equivalent to the degree of information integration in the system. This measure is not only useful for estimating the degree of consciousness but can also be appl

SUBMITTER: Niizato T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046263 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature