2000/08/30 by Gottfried Mayer-Kress, Mayer-Kress, Gottfried
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #FOS: Physical sciences #nlin.AO #nlin.CD
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0008041
2 pages, 3 gif figures, Commentary on target article: Toward a Quantitative Description of Large Scale Neocortical Dynamic Function and EEG, Paul L. Nunez, EEG Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2000) 23 (3): 409-410
arxiv created 2000/08/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Among the metaphors used in the target article are "musical instruments", "water waves", and other types of mechanical oscillators. The corresponding equations have inertial properties and lead to standing waves that depend on boundary conditions. Other, physiologically relevant quantities like refractory times are not contained in the mechanical oscillator model but occur naturally for instance in biological forest fire metaphors.