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The Information Content of the Human EEG

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Rhythms in Physiological Systems

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics ((SSSYN,volume 55))

Abstract

The field potentials recorded by the EEG emerge from cooperative processes and are commonly explained by “synchronization”, a still poorley understood inherent feature of the nervous system. Several properties of the potential fields underlying this phenomenon are demonstrated in rabbits and in humans. Such cooperative processes have functional significance. This was demonstrated for the theta rhythm in the rabbit’s hippocampus and in the characteristic local changes of power and coherence accompanying various mental processes in humans.

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  1. Institut für Neurophysiologie der Universität Wien, Währinger Str. 17, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    H. Petsche

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik der Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV, W-7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    Hermann Haken

  2. Center for Complex Systems, Florida Atlantic University, FL 33431, Boca Raton, USA

    Hermann Haken

  3. Institut für Physiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    Hans Peter Koepchen

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Petsche, H. (1991). The Information Content of the Human EEG. In: Haken, H., Koepchen, H.P. (eds) Rhythms in Physiological Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76877-4_18

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