Brain waves pattern themselves after rhythms of nature

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Jack Cowan works primarily to understand the workings of the brain. He uses mathematical theory to understand how neural circuits generate stable patterns of activity. Photo by Dan Dry
Jack Cowan works primarily to understand the workings of the brain. He uses mathematical theory to understand how neural circuits generate stable patterns of activity. Photo by Dan Dry

The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. University of Chicago mathematician Jack Cowan will offer this and related insights on the physics of brain activity this week in Boston during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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