Friday, May 31, 2013

1305.7093 (Rajeev Singh et al.)

Complex patterns arise through spontaneous symmetry breaking in dense
homogeneous networks of neural oscillators
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Rajeev Singh, Shakti N. Menon, Sitabhra Sinha
Recent experiments have highlighted how collective dynamics in networks of brain regions affect behavior and cognitive function. In this paper we show that a simple, homogeneous system of densely connected oscillators representing the aggregate activity of local brain regions can exhibit a rich variety of dynamical patterns emerging via spontaneous breaking of permutation or translational symmetry. Our results connect recent experimental findings and suggest that a range of complicated activity patterns seen in the brain could be explained even without a full knowledge of its wiring diagram.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7093

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