Super-synergy in the brain: The grandmother percept is manifested by multiple oscillations

Basar E., Ozgoren M., Karakas S., Basar-Eroglu C.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS, vol.14, no.2, pp.453-491, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1142/s0218127404009272
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.453-491
  • Keywords: EEG, ERP, oscillations, event related oscillations, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, theta, binding, superbinding, perception, memory, brain theory, coherence, wavelet analysis, wavelet entropy, grandmother percept, EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, GAMMA-BAND RESPONSES, SHORT-TERM-MEMORY, 40 HZ-EEG, THETA-OSCILLATIONS, EVOKED-POTENTIALS, WAVELET ENTROPY, PHASE-LOCKING, NEUROCOGNITIVE NETWORKS, ALPHA
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The present report describes the dynamic foundations of long-standing experimental work in the field of oscillatory dynamics in the human and animal brain. It aims to show the role of multiple oscillations in the integrative brain function, memory, and complex perception by a recently introduced conceptional framework: the super-synergy in the whole brain. Results of recent experiments related to the percept of the grandmother-face support our concept of super-synergy in the whole brain in order to explain manifestation of Gestalts and Memory-Stages. This report may also provide new research avenues in macrodynamics of the brain.