Ben Goertzel (1994) From Neurons to Neuronal Groups
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Psycoloquy 5(13): From Neurons to Neuronal Groups
FROM NEURONS TO NEURONAL GROUPS
Commentary on Wright et al. on EEG-Chaos
Ben Goertzel
Department of Computer Science
University of Waikato
Hamilton, New Zealand
goertzel@lucifer.cs.waikato.ac.nz
Abstract
The relation between neuronal dynamics and neuronal group
dynamics has been explored by a number of different researchers,
leading to conclusions rather different from those put forth by
Wright, Kydd & Liley (1993). Whereas their attempt at a synthesis
of models is ambitious and interesting, the path they trace from
linear stochastic dynamics on the millimetric scale to
Hopfield-style dynamics on the macroscopic scale is not entirely
convincing, and clearly needs more work.
Keywords
chaos, EEG simulation, electroencephalogram, linear
dynamics, neocortex, network symmetry, neurodynamics, pyramidal
cell, wave velocity.
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