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Neural ties that bind perception . . .
Human perception and learning may depend on the collective electrical discharges of huge brain-cell assemblies.
References:
Miltner, W.H.R., et al. 1999. Coherence of gamma-band EEG activity as a basis for associative learning. Nature 397(Feb. 4):434.
Rodriguez, E. . . . and F. J. Varela. 1999. Perception's shadow: Long-distance synchronization of human brain activity. Nature 397(Feb. 4):430.
Singer, W. 1999. Striving for coherence. Nature 397(Feb. 4):391.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1998. All fired up. Science News 153(Feb. 21):120.
Sources:
Wolfgang H.R. Miltner
Friedrich-Schiller-University
Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology
Institute of Psychology
Am Steiger 3/1
D-07743 Jena
Germany
Wolf Singer
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Deutschordenstrasse 46
D-60528 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Francisco J. Varela
Laboratoire de Neurosciences
Cognitive et Imagerie Cérébraie/LENA
CNRS UPR 640
Hòpital de la Salpérrière
47 Boulevard de l'Hòpital
75651 Paris Cedex
France
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 8, February 20, 1999, p. 122. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
