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The cost of cognition: Measuring the energy consumption of non-equilibrium computation

2025-06-24

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In biological systems, survival is predicated on an animal being able to perform computations quickly on a minimal energy budget. What is the energy consumption of non-equilibrium brain computation, i.e., what is the cost of cognition? Previous literature has estimated the metabolic cost using neuroimaging measures of glucose consumption but complementary to these findings, here we directly estimate the computatio...

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548a2cca-937d-5fbd-80ae-ea21a7ce72c8
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10.1101/2025.06.18.660368
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