In article <4ekgcn$5v2 at newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
Hypnotics <hypnotics at aol.com> wrote:
:What are the most recent theories regarding the generation of brainwaves.
:I understand that theories have been put forward regarding certain
:thalamic nuclei, which contain certain neurons firing at different rates.
:These neurons project to the cortex and summation of these impulses are
:recorded as brainwaves.
:But is anymore known in this area? It all seems rather vague....
This definitely is not the leading explanation, but there are a few
competing theories. I have my own multiscale calculations that support
generation of EEG, with some papers available in my
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ archive. Paul Nunez's book
contains several chapters that do justice to several approaches,
Neocortical Dynamics and Human EEG Rhythms
P.L. Nunez
Oxford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0-19-505728-7
The preface to this book is in
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/MISC.DIR/nunez95_preface.txt
:Also, it seems accepted that brainwaves can be broken down into their
:component sine waves by fourier transform, but what evidence is there that
:brainwaves ARE sinusoidal? What evidence shows that brainwaves cannot
:REALLY be sawtooth in some instances, square in others etc. Are we
:creating an artificial construct?
This is quite a reach.
:Anyone have any answers?
Quite a few people have _some_ answers.
:E-Mail or post on newsgroups please, thanks,
::Grant
Lester
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