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A number of characteristic frequencies observed in either spontaneous EEG or late evoked potentials appear to owe their origins to resonant phenomena in the cortex (Freeman 1975; Başar 1980; Nunez 1981a). One can distinguish between local circuit models of cortical dynamics (Beurle 1956; Griffith 1963; Wilson and Cowan 1972; Lopes da Silva et al. 1974; Freeman 1975; Başar 1980; van Rotterdam et al. 1982; Wright and Kydd 1984a; Zhadin 1984), global models (Nunez 1974a; 1981a, c, 1985; Katznelson 1981) and attempts to integrate the two viewpoints (Nunez 1981a, b; Ingber 1982, 1984, 1985). It is shown here that a relatively simple global model predicts many of the salient characteristics of EEG with minimal assumptions about unknown physiological parameters, and independent of local circuit effects that may be dominant during cognitive processing.
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Nunez, P.L. (1988). Global Contributions to Cortical Dynamics: Theoretical and Experimental Evidence for Standing Wave Phenomena. In: Başar, E. (eds) Dynamics of Sensory and Cognitive Processing by the Brain. Springer Series in Brain Dynamics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71531-0_10
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