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The field potentials recorded by the EEG emerge from cooperative processes and are commonly explained by “synchronization”, a still poorley understood inherent feature of the nervous system. Several properties of the potential fields underlying this phenomenon are demonstrated in rabbits and in humans. Such cooperative processes have functional significance. This was demonstrated for the theta rhythm in the rabbit’s hippocampus and in the characteristic local changes of power and coherence accompanying various mental processes in humans.
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Petsche, H. (1991). The Information Content of the Human EEG. In: Haken, H., Koepchen, H.P. (eds) Rhythms in Physiological Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76877-4_18
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