Principles of Brain Dynamics: Global State Interactions

by Mikhail I. Rabinovich (Editor), Karl J. Friston (Editor), Pablo Varona (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262549905
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	12/05/2023
Series:	Computational Neuroscience Series
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mikhail I. Rabinovich is Research Scientist at the BioCircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego.

Karl J. Friston is Scientific Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging and Professor at Queen Square Institute of Neurology at University College London.

Pablo Varona is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword vii

Introduction 1

1 The Dynamical and Structural Basis of Brain Activity Gustavo Deco Viktor Jirsa Karl J. Friston 9

2 Functional Connectivity, Neurocognitive Networks, and Brain Dynamics Vinod Menon 27

3 Decoding Mental States from Patterns of Brain Activity John-Dylan Haynes 49

4 Transient Brain Dynamics Mikhail I. Rabinovich Pablo Varona 71

5 A Dynamic Field Account of Language-Related Brain Potentials Peter beim Graben Roland Potthast 93

6 Recognition of Sequences of Sequences Using Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Stefan J. Kiebel Karl J. Friston 113

7 The Stability of Information Flows in the Brain Mikhail I. Rabinovich Christian Bick Pablo Varona 141

8 Multiscale Electroencephalographic Dynamics and Brain Function Maxim Bazhenov Scott Makeig 165

9 Mapping the Multiscale Information Content of Complex Brain Signals Vasily A. Vakorin Anthony R. McIntosh 183

10 Connectivity and Dynamics of Neural Information Processing Viktor Jirsa Raoul Huys Ajay Pillai Dionysios Perdikis Marmaduke Woodman 209

11 Transient Motor Behavior and Synchronization in the Cortex Andreas Daffertshofer Bernadette C. M. van Wijk 233

12 Free Energy and Global Dynamics Karl J. Friston 261

13 Perception, Action, and Utility: The Tangled Skein Samuel J. Gershman Nathaniel D. Daw 293

14 Short Guide to Modern Nonlinear Dynamics Valentin S. Afraimovich Mikhail I. Rabinovich Pablo Varona 313

Contributors 339

Index 341

What People are Saying About This

Endorsement

Edited volumes are rarely this exciting. Coherently focusing on the challenging issues of brain dynamics, both the editors and contributors cover (and explain!) important topics from theoretical models to EEG data mining, from structural complexity to functional dynamic. Principles of Brain Dynamics is an excellent compendium of both methods and ideas, and a must-have volume for those of us interested in brain mechanisms of information transmission.

—György Buzsáki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience at The Neuroscience Institute, New York University, School of Medicine; author of Rhythms of the Brain

From the Publisher

Edited volumes are rarely this exciting. Coherently focusing on the challenging issues of brain dynamics, both the editors and contributors cover (and explain!) important topics from theoretical models to EEG data mining, from structural complexity to functional dynamic. Principles of Brain Dynamics is an excellent compendium of both methods and ideas, and a must-have volume for those of us interested in brain mechanisms of information transmission.

—György Buzsáki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience at The Neuroscience Institute, New York University, School of Medicine; author of Rhythms of the Brain