Neurodynamics 2874941 101475610 2007-01-18T02:29:39Z Jxm 574565 rm plagerized text -- see Talk '''Neurodynamics''' is an area of research in the [[cognitive science]]s which places a strong focus upon the spatio-temporal (dynamic) character of neural activity in describing [[brain]] function. Neurodynamics reflects a contemporary theoretical [[neurobiology]] which has embraced recent advances in [[nonlinear dynamics]], [[complexity theory]] and [[statistical physics]]. Neurodynamics is often contrasted with the popular computational and modular approaches of [[cognitive neuroscience]]. == Origin == The term neurodynamics dates back before the 1940s.{{ref|burrow}} The field of study "neurodynamics", also called [[Neural Field Theory]], is an offshoot of neuro [[cybernetics]], which uses [[differential equations]] to describe activity patterns in bulk neural matter. Research for neurodynamics involves the interdisciplinary areas of [[statistical|Statistics]] and [[nonlinear physics]] and sensory [[neurobiology]]. On the [[physics]] side, topics of interest include information measures, [[oscillators]], [[stochastic]] [[resonance]], unstable periodic orbits, and pattern formation in [[ensembles]] of [[wiktionary:agent|agents]]. ==See also== *[[Computational neuroscience]] *[[Neuro cybernetics]] *[[Cybernetics]] == References == <div class="references-small"> #{{note|burrow}}{{cite book|author=Burrow, Trigant |title=Neurodynamics of Behavior|publisher=s.n.|year=1943|id=ASIN B0007JSOS4}} #{{note|grigsby}}{{cite book|author=Grigsby, J., Stevens, D.W., and Stevens, D. |title=Neurodynamics of Personality|publisher=The Guilford Press|year=2000|id=ISBN 1-57230-547-9}} </div> [[Category:Computational neuroscience]]