Emergent complex neural dynamics

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 744-750

  Chialvo, Dante R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; NEURAL DYNAMICS; SECOND-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ACTIVITY; UNIVERSAL MECHANISMS;

BRAIN;

EID: 77957565867     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1803     Document Type: Article

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