The Functional Role of Critical Dynamics in Neural Systems

This book offers a timely overview of theories and methods developed by an authoritative group of researchers to understand the link between criticality and brain functioning. Cortical information processing in particular and brain function in general rely heavily on the collective dynamics of neuro...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tomen, Nergis (Editor), Herrmann, J. Michael (Editor), Ernst, Udo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Avalanche dynamics and correlations in neural systems
  • Playing at the edge of criticality: Expanded whole-brain repertoire of connectome-harmonics
  • Complexity of network connectivity promotes self-organized criticality in cortical ensembles
  • From neurons to networks: critical slowing down governs information processing across vigilance states
  • The challenge of taming a latching network near criticality
  • Fading memory, plasticity, and criticality in recurrent networks
  • Homeostatic structural plasticity can build critical networks
  • Investigating Linear Stability and Criticality in Local Cortical Circuits from Multi-Unit Activity
  • Optimal Readout of Neural Activity Near Criticality
  • Critical behavior and memory function in a model of spiking neurons with a reservoir of spatio-temporal patterns
  • Assessing criticality in experiments
  • The role of criticality in flexible visual information processing
  • Statistical models of neural activity, criticality, and Zipf’s law.