"Every aspect of our brain and body can be predicted from our environment."
Karl Friston, Professor of Imaging Neuroscience at University College London and Principal Research Fellow at the Wellcome Trust, stands at the forefront of modern neuroscience. A former President of the International Organization for Human Brain Mapping and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society, Friston’s groundbreaking work has earned him prestigious honors like the Minerva Golden Brain Award, Collège de France Medal, and Glass Brain Award.
As the mastermind behind the revolutionary "free energy principle," Friston has reshaped how we understand the brain’s inner workings, showing how it constantly predicts and updates its model of the world to minimize surprise. His theory offers profound insights into the very nature of life itself. Friston's work has been invaluable to the scientific community, making him one of the most highly cited living scientists in the world.
"One of the world's leading neuroscientists [who] has developed a theory of how the brain works that also has implications for the origin and nature of life" — Sean Carroll
