Time and the Brain

by Robert Miller (Editor)

Overview

Since the days of Galileo, time has been a fundamental variable in scientific attempts to understand the natural world. Once the first recordings of electrical activity in the brain had been made, it became clear that electrical signals from the brain consist of very complex temporal patterns. This can now be demonstrated by recordings at the singl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040215234
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/11/2000
Series:	Conceptual Advances in Brain Research
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

Empirical Evidence about Temporal Structure in Multi-unit Recordings. Cross Correlograms for Neuronal Spike Trains. Different Types of Temporal Correlation in Neocortex, their Origin and Significance . The Space-Time Continuum in Mammalian Sensory Pathways. Information Flow Along Neocortical Axons. Psychophysics of Human Timing. Cortical Processing by Fast Synchronization: High Frequency Rhythmic and Non-rhythmic Signals in the Visual Cortex Point to General Principles of Spatio-Temporal Coding. EEG Alpha Activity and Cognitive Processes. Theta Frequency, Synchronization and Episodic Memory Performance. Distributed Assemblies, High Frequencies, and the Significance of EEG/MEG Recordings. Cell Assemblies, Associative Memory and Temporal Structure in Brain Signals. The Relation Between EEG and Evoked Potentials. Coherence and Phase Relations Between EEG Traces Recorded from Different Locations. Temporal Structure of Neural Activity and Models of Information Processing in the Brain.

Editorial Reviews

Neurobiologists, psychologists, physiologists, and other scientists, explore modern approaches to studying the temporal aspects of brain electrical activity. The first few of the 13 studies focus mainly on temporal structure revealed from trains of impulses recorded from single nerve cells or from several such nerve cells recorded at the same time, and their possible relation to behavior and psychological processes. Later ones shift to temporal structure revealed in electro encephalograms. One or the other of the two approaches is typically used in a particularly laboratory or even a particular country, so the juxtaposition of them here could spur some cross-fertilization. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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