Principles of Brain Dynamics Global State Interactions

by Rabinovich, Mikhail I.; Friston, Karl J.; Varona, Pablo

• ISBN13: 9780262017640
• ISBN10: 0262017644
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-06
• Publisher: The MIT Press

Summary

The consideration of time or dynamics is fundamental for all aspects of mental activity--perception, cognition, and emotion--because the main feature of brain activity is the continuous change of the underlying brain states even in a constant environment. The application of nonlinear dynamics to the study of brain activity began to flourish in the 1990s when combined with empirical observations from modern morphological and physiological observations. This book offers perspectives on brain dynamics that draw on the latest advances in research in the field. It includes contributions from both theoreticians and experimentalists, offering an eclectic treatment of fundamental issues. Topics addressed range from experimental and computational approaches to transient brain dynamics to the free-energy principle as a global brain theory. The book concludes with a short but rigorous guide to modern nonlinear dynamics and their application to neural dynamics.

Author Biography

Mikhail I. Rabinovich is Research Scientist at the BioCircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego. Karl J. Friston is Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging and Professor in the Institute of Neurology at University College London. Pablo Varona is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Dynamical and Structural Basis of Brain Activity	p. 9
Functional Connectivity, Neurocognitive Networks, and Brain Dynamics	p. 27
Decoding Mental States from Patterns of Brain Activity	p. 49
Transient Brain Dynamics	p. 71
A Dynamic Field Account of Language-Related Brain Potentials	p. 93
Recognition of Sequences of Sequences Using Nonlinear Dynamical Systems	p. 113
The Stability of Information Flows in the Brain	p. 141
Multiscale Electroencephalographic Dynamics and Brain Function	p. 165
Mapping the Multiscale Information Content of Complex Brain Signals	p. 183
Connectivity and Dynamics of Neural Information Processing	p. 209
Transient Motor Behavior and Synchronization in the Cortex	p. 233
Free Energy and Global Dynamics	p. 261
Perception, Action, and Utility: The Tangled Skein	p. 293
Short Guide to Modern Nonlinear Dynamics	p. 313
Contributors	p. 339
Index	p. 341
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