Super-synergy in the brain: The grandmother percept is manifested by multiple oscillations

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-491

  Başar, Erol ^a,c   Özgören, Murat ^a,c   Karakaş, Sirel ^b,c   Başar EROǦLU, Canan ^d  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Binding; Brain theory; Coherence; Delta; EEG; ERP; Event related oscillations; Gamma; Grandmother percept; Memory; Oscillations; Perception; Superbinding; Theta; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet entropy

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BETA; BINDING; BRAIN THEORY; DELTA; EVENT RELATED OSCILLATIONS; GAMMA; GRANDMOTHER PERCEPT; THETA; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET ENTROPY;

BRAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10444285689     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127404009272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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