
Principles of Brain Dynamics
Global State Interactions
MIT Press
Published on 6. July 2012
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-262-01764-0 (ISBN)
Description
Experimental and theoretical approaches to global brain dynamics that draw on the latest research in the field.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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
94 b&w illus., 4 tables, 36 color plates; 130 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-01764-0 (9780262017640)
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Persons
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 Autónoma de Madrid.
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 Autónoma de Madrid.
Editor
University of California, San Diego
ProfessorInstitute of Neurology
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Contributions
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
UMR6233 Institut des Sciences du Mouvement CNRS
ProfessorInstitute of Neurology
Stanford University
ProfessorUniversitaetsmedizin Berlin
University of California, San Diego
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid