{"slug":"paper-friston-k-j-2010-the-free-energy-principle-a-unified-brain-theory","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":1,"head":"0bd85e9ba2f738d7925b255004096c026279dacbd6cc7159b08dd884d818e4e4"},"count":1,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://www.uab.edu/medicine/cinl/images/KFriston_FreeEnergy_BrainTheory.pdf","title":"The free-energy principle: a unified brain theory?","quote":"The free-energy principle (BOX 1) says that any self-organizing system that is at equilibrium with its environment must minimize its free energy.","summary":"2010 review paper by K.J. Friston in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, pages 127-138. Presents the principle, motivation from homeostasis, and unification across brain theories.","claim_ids":["c1","c2","c3","c4","c5"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-07T12:51:06.702Z","link_status":"timeout","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"genesis","hash":"0bd85e9ba2f738d7925b255004096c026279dacbd6cc7159b08dd884d818e4e4"}]}