Principles of brain functioning : a synergetic approach to brain activity, behavior, and cognition /
Hermann Haken.
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1996.
- xiii, 347 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Springer series in synergetics ; 67 .
- Springer series in synergetics ; v. 67. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-340) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Exploring the Brain -- 3. Modeling the Brain. A First Attempt: The Brain as a Dynamical System -- 4. Basic Concepts of Synergetics I: Order Parameters and the Slaving Principle -- 5. Dynamics of Order Parameters -- 6. Movement Coordination - Movement Patterns -- 7. More on Finger Movements -- 8. Learning -- 9. Animal Gaits and Their Transitions -- 10. Basic Concepts of Synergetics II: Formation of Spatio-temporal Patterns -- 11. Analysis of Spatio-temporal Patterns -- 12. Movements on a Pedalo -- 13. Chaos, Chaos, Chaos -- 14. Analysis of Electroencephalograms -- 15. Analysis of MEG Patterns -- 16. Visual Perception -- 17. Decision Making as Pattern Recognition -- 18. The Brain as a Computer or Can Computers Think? -- 19. Networks of Brains -- 20. Synergetics of the Brain: Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Go from Here? -- App A. Analysis of Time Series -- App B. Determination of Adjoint Vectors -- App C. The Potentials Occurring in Sect. 16.5.