Impacts of noise on a field theoretical model of the human brain

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 233-249

  Frank, T D ^a   Daffertshofer, A ^a   Beek, P J ^a   Haken, H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical fluctuations; Field theory; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345982346     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00294-2     Document Type: Article

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