Principles of Brain Functioning A Synergetic Approach to Brain Activity, Behavior and Cognition
It is increasingly being recognized that the experimental and theoretical study of the complex system brain requires the cooperation of many disciplines, in cluding biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and others. In this way brain research has become a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | Springer Series in Synergetics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- I Foundations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Exploring the Brain
- 3. Modeling the Brain. A First Attempt: The Brain as a Dynamical System
- 4. Basic Concepts of Synergetics I: Order Parameters and the Slaving Principle
- 5. Dynamics of Order Parameters
- II Behavior
- 6. Movement Coordination — Movement Patterns
- 7. More on Finger Movements
- 8. Learning
- 9. Animal Gaits and Their Transitions
- 10. Basic Concepts of Synergetics II: Formation of Spatio-temporal Patterns
- 11. Analysis of Spatio-temporal Patterns *
- 12. Movements on a Pedalo
- III EEG and MEG
- 13. Chaos, Chaos, Chaos
- 14. Analysis of Electroencephalograms
- 15. Analysis of MEG Patterns
- IV Cognition
- 16. Visual Perception
- 17. Decision Making as Pattern Recognition
- 18. The Brain as a Computer or Can Computers Think?
- 19. Networks of Brains
- 20. Synergetics of the Brain: Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Go from Here?
- Appendices
- A. Analysis of Time Series
- A.1 Time Series Analysis
- A.2 Definition of Dimensions
- A.3 Dimension of Attractors
- A.4 Some Conclusions
- B. Determination of Adjoint Vectors
- C. The Potentials Occurring in Sect. 16.5
- References and Further Reading
- About the Author