Dynamic Coordination in the Brain: From Neurons to MindChristoph von der Malsburg, William A. Phillips, Wolf Singer An examination of how widely distributed and specialized activities of the brain are flexibly and effectively coordinated. A fundamental shift is occurring in neuroscience and related disciplines. In the past, researchers focused on functional specialization of the brain, discovering complex processing strategies based on convergence and divergence in slowly adapting anatomical architectures. Yet for the brain to cope with ever-changing and unpredictable circumstances, it needs strategies with richer interactive short-term dynamics. Recent research has revealed ways in which the brain effectively coordinates widely distributed and specialized activities to meet the needs of the moment. This book explores these findings, examining the functions, mechanisms, and manifestations of distributed dynamical coordination in the brain and mind across different species and levels of organization. The book identifies three basic functions of dynamic coordination: contextual disambiguation, dynamic grouping, and dynamic routing. It considers the role of dynamic coordination in temporally structured activity and explores these issues at different levels, from synaptic and local circuit mechanisms to macroscopic system dynamics, emphasizing their importance for cognition, behavior, and psychopathology. Contributors |
Contents
1 Dynamic Coordination in Brain and Mind | 1 |
2 Cortical Circuits | 25 |
3 Sequence Coding and Learning | 35 |
4 What Can Studies of Comparative Cognition Teach Us about the Evolution of Dynamic Coordination? | 43 |
5 Evolution of Dynamic Coordination | 59 |
6 Modeling Coordination in the Neocortex at the Microcircuitand Global Network Level | 83 |
7 Oscillationsupported Information Processingand Transfer at the HippocampusEntorhinalNeocortical Interface | 101 |
8 What Are the Local Circuit Design Features Concerned with Coordinating Rhythms? | 115 |
12 Stimulusdriven Coordination of Cortical Cell Assemblies and Propagation of Gestalt Belief in V1 | 169 |
13 Coordination in Brain Systems | 193 |
14 Hot Spots and Dynamic Coordination in Gestalt Perception | 215 |
15 Coordination in Sensory Integration | 229 |
16 Neural Coordination and Human Cognition | 235 |
17 Failures of Dynamic Coordination in Disease States and Their Implications for Normal Brain Function | 245 |
18 Coordination in Behavior and Cognition | 267 |
Bibliography | 301 |
9 Coordination in Circuits | 133 |
10 Coordination | 149 |
11 Neocortical Rhythms | 159 |