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A mechanism is suggested to explain the information processing abilities of simple natural brains, which, by experimental evidence, display behavior like chaotic dynamical systems while at rest. The Lorenz system of equations is dealt with as a case study, and a comparison of the suggested mechanism with the standard theory of neural networks is made.
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Evans, N.W., Illner, R. & Kwan, H.C. On information-processing abilities of chaotic dynamical systems. J Stat Phys 66, 549–561 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01060080
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