This system will fluctuate at all scales, thus producing the 1/f noise signal. Many tradi- tional notions of our cognitive system see its nature as fundamentally componential and line- arly structural. Quite different from this, 1/f noise suggests a system that self-organises at many scales to produce intelligent behaviour.

D’Mello, S., Dale, R., & Graesser, A. (2011). Disequilibrium in the mind, disharmony in the body. Cognition & emotion, 00(00), 1-13. doi:10.1080/02699931.2011.575767

1/f pattern is considered to be a fundamental property of nonlinear, complex dynamical systems studied across the physical and life sciences (Mandelbrot, 1998).

Van Orden, G. C., Holden, J. G., & Turvey, M. T. (2003). Self-organization of cognitive performance. Journal of experimental psychology. General, 132(3), 331-50. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.331

Ubiquitous pink noise suggests processes of mind and body that change each other’s dynamics. Such interaction-dominant dynamics are found in systems that self-organize their behavior. Self-organization provides an unconventional perspective on cognition, but this perspective closely parallels a contemporary interdisciplinary view of living systems

Van Orden, G. C., Holden, J. G., & Turvey, M. T. (2003). Self-organization of cognitive performance. Journal of experimental psychology. General, 132(3), 331-50. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.331

Ubiquitous pink noise suggests processes of mind and body that change each other's dynamics. Such interaction-dominant dynamics are found in systems that self-organize their behavior. Self-organization provides an unconventional perspective on cognition, but this perspective closely parallels a contemporary interdisciplinary view of living systems.

Van Orden, G. C., Holden, J. G., & Turvey, M. T. (2003). Self-organization of cognitive performance. Journal of experimental psychology. General, 132(3), 331-50. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.331