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Since the days of Galileo, time has been a fundamental variable in scientific attempts to understand the natural world. Once the first recordings of electrical activity in the brain had been made, it became clear that electrical signals from the brain consist of very complex temporal patterns. This can now be demonstrated by recordings at the single unit level and by electroencephalography (EEG). Time and the Brain explores modern approaches to these temporal aspects of electrical brain activity. The temporal structure as revealed from trains of impulses from single nerve cells and from EEG recordings are discussed in depth together with an exploration of correlations with behaviour and psychology. The single cell and EEG approaches often tend to be segregated as the research occurs in laboratories in different parts of the world. By bringing together modern information acquired using both methods it is hoped that they can become better integrated as complimentary windows on the information processing achieved by the brain.
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Time and the Brain Conceptual Advances in Brain Research A series of books focusing on brain dynamics and information processing systems of the brain. Edited by Robert Miller, Otago Centre for Theoretical Studies in Psychiatry and Neuroscience, New Zealand (Editor-in-chief), Günther Palm, University of Ulm, Germany and Gordon Shaw, University of California at Irvine, USA. Volume 1 Brain Dynamics and the Striatal Complex edited by R.Miller and J.R.Wickens Volume 2 Complex Brain Functions—Conceptual Advances in Russian Neuroscience edited by R.Miller, A.M.Ivanitsky and P.Balaban Volume 3 Time and the Brain edited by R.Miller Forthcoming Volume Sex Differences in Lateralization in the Animal Brain edited by V.L.Bianki and E.B.Filippova, translated by T.Ganf Volumes in Preparation Cortical Areas: Unity and Diversity The Female Brain Functional Memory and Brain Oscillations This book is part of a series. The publisher will accept continuation orders which may be cancelled at any time and which provide for automatic billing and shipping of each title in the series upon publication. Please write for details. Time and the Brain Edited by R.Miller Otago Centre for Theoretical Studies in Psychiatry and Neuroscience New Zealand harwood academic publishers Australia • Canada • France • Germany • India • Japan Luxembourg • Malaysia • The Netherlands • Russia • Singapore Switzerland This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. "To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge's collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk." Copyright © 2000 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. Published by license under the Harwood Academic Publishers imprint, part of The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Singapore. Amsteldijk 166 1st Floor 1079 LH Amsterdam The Netherlands British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-203-30457-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-34338-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN: 90-5823-060-0 (Print Edition) ISSN: 1029-2136 CONTENTS Series Preface Preface List of Contributors 1 Empirical Evidence about Temporal Structure in Multi-unit Recordings Alessandro E.P.Villa 2 Cross-correlograms for Neuronal Spike Trains. Different Types of Temporal Correlation in Neocortex, their Origin and Significance Lionel G.Nowak and Jean Bullier 3 The Space-Time Continuum in Mammalian Sensory Pathways Asif A.Ghazanfa