Main description:

Temporal coding in the brain documents a revolution now occurring in the neurosciences. How does parallel processing of information bind together the complex nature of the outer and our inner worlds? Do intrinsic oscillations and transient cooperative states of neurons represent the physiological basis of cognitive and motor functions of the brain? Some answers to these challenging issues are provided in this book by leading world experts of brain function. A common denominator of the works presented in this volume is the nature and mechanisms of neuronal cooperation in the temporal domain. The topics range from simple organisms to the human brain. The volume is intended for investigators and graduate students in neurophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, neural computation and neurology.

Contents:

The Coding and Processing of Temporal Information in the Electrosensory System of Fish.- Chaotic Oscillations and the Genesis of Meaning in Cerebral Cortex.- Synchronization in Neuronal Transmission and Its Importance for Information Processing.- Time as Coding Space in Neocortical Processing: A Hypothesis.- Oscillatory Neuronal Activity in Visual Cortex: A Critical Re-Evaluation.- Electrocortical Rhythms in the 40 Hz Band in Cat: In Search of Their Behavioral Correlates.- Coherent Activities in Corticothalamic Networks During Resting Sleep and Their Development Into Paroxysmal Events.- From Cellular to Network Mechanisms of a Thalamic Synchronized Oscillation.- Oscillatory and Intermittent Synchrony in the Hippocampus: Relevance to Memory Trace Formation.- Common Principles in Three Experimental Epilepsies.- Oscillations in the Control of Eye and Head Movements. Are They Due in Part to Supra-Brainstem Synchronising Oscillations?.- Learning to Generalize from Single Examples in Dynamic Link Architecture.- Relating Temporal Properties of Spike Trains from Area MT Neurons to the Behavior of the Monkey.- Content and Context in Temporal Thalamocortical Binding.- Dynamic Cognitive Networks in the Human Brain.- In the Perception of Speech Time is of the Essence.