FROM MICRO-CHAOS TO MACRO-CHAOS: CHAOS CAN SURVIVE
EVEN IN MACROSCOPIC STATES OF NEURAL ACTIVITIES
Commentary on Wright et al. on EEG-Chaos

Abstract

This critique of Wright et al.'s (1993) macroscopic EEG model is based on recent findings by Kaneko (1990) concerning dynamic behaviors in a globally coupled map. A coupled chaotic system does not always follow linear and equilibrium statistical mechanics. Some aspects of attractive neural networks and chaotic learning are also discussed.

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