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- 11
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- 2
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- 127-138
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- 7035
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Karl Friston
(2010).
The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory?.
Nature reviews. Neuroscience
, 11
(2)
, 127-138.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2787
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- 10.1038/nrn2787