How does system wide information arise from local communication?

How does long-distance communication contribute to information integration?

How do environmental feedbacks enhance information integration?

Linking the above paper to a recent special issue on liquid and solid brains for context: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2019.0040

@PessoaBrain @ricard_sole @mikha_ehl @drmichaellevin @c4computation

#ComplexSystems #InformationFlow @complexsystems

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quantitative-plant-biology/article/embodiment-in-distributed-information-processing-solid-plants-versus-liquid-ant-colonies/E166C1C573A99449448067D15B0859D0

“Our analysis suggests that it is possible to conceive intermittent collective strategies that take advantage of both hierarchical and democratic organizational schemes.”

#ComplexSystems #CollectiveBehavior #InformationFlow #ComplexNetworks @complexsystems @networkscience https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-022-01769-8