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Metastability is an entirely new conception of brain organization 1-3. In the metastable regime of brain functioning, the individual areas/systems of the brain exhibit tendencies to function ''autonomously'' at the same time as they exhibit tendencies for ''coordinated'' activity 4 (for the substantial review, see also Ref. 5,6). That metastability (when the system’s degrees of freedom are restricted) is circumstantial for the interaction among the elementary neuronal systems in order to generate adaptive behavior within changing and not fully predictable environments. ''References:'' 1. Kelso JAS. Review of dynamic patterns: the self-organization of brain and behavior. Cambridge, MA: ''MIT Press''; '''1995.''' 2. Friston KJ. Transients, metastability and neural dynamics. ''Neuroimage'' '''1997'''; 5:164-171. 3. Kaplan AYa. The nonstability of the EEG: a methodological and experimental analysis. Usp Fiziol Nauk ''(Success in Physiological Sciences)'' '''1998'''; 29:35-55. (in Russian). 4. Bressler SL, Kelso JAS. Cortical coordination dynamics and cognition. ''Trends in Cognitive Sciences'' '''2001'''; 5:26-36. 5. Fingelkurts AnA, Fingelkurts AlA. Making complexity simpler: multivariability and metastability in the brain. ''International Journal of Neuroscience'' '''2004'''; 114: 843-862. 6. Fingelkurts AnA, Fingelkurts AlA. Operational architectonics of the human brain biopotential field: towards solving the mind-brain problem. ''Brain and Mind'' '''2001'''; 2:261-296. |
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