A theoretical model of phase transitions in the human brain

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 71 - Trang 27-35 - 1994
V. K. Jirsa1, R. Friedrich1, H. Haken1,2, J. A. S. Kelso2
1Institute for Theoretical Physics and Synergetics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

Tóm tắt

An experiment using a multisensor SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) array was performed by Kelso and colleagues (1992) which combined information from three different sources: perception, motor response, and brain signals. When an acoustic stimulus frequency is changed systematically, a spontaneous transition in coordination occurs at a critical frequency in both motor behavior and brain signals. Qualitatively analogous transitions are known for physical and biological systems such as changes in the coordination of human hand movements (Kelso 1981, 1984). In this paper we develop a theoretical model based on methods from the interdisciplinary field of synergetics (Haken 1983, 1987) and nonlinear oscillator theory that reproduces the main experimental features very well and suggests a formulation of a fundamental biophysical coupling.

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