A model of sequential prediction in the brain using an oscillatory network

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Golnaz Baghdadi ◽  
Reza Rostami ◽  
Farzad Towhidkhah
Keyword(s):  
Sequential Prediction ◽  
Oscillatory Network ◽  
The Brain

scholarly journals Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Poltorak
Keyword(s):  
Neural Correlates ◽  
Brain State ◽  
Transcranial Stimulation ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Cortical Function ◽  
Cortical Rhythms ◽  
Brain States ◽  
Psychiatric Conditions ◽  
Oscillatory Network ◽  
The Brain

Brain states, which correlate with specific motor, cognitive, and emotional states, may be monitored with noninvasive techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) that measure macroscopic cortical activity manifested as oscillatory network dynamics. These rhythmic cortical signatures provide insight into the neuronal activity used to identify pathological cortical function in numerous neurological and psychiatric conditions. Sensory and transcranial stimulation, entraining the brain with specific brain rhythms, can effectively induce desired brain states (such as state of sleep or state of attention) correlated with such cortical rhythms. Because brain states have distinct neural correlates, it may be possible to induce a desired brain state by replicating these neural correlates through stimulation. To do so, we propose recording brain waves from a “donor” in a particular brain state using EEG/MEG to extract cortical signatures of the brain state. These cortical signatures would then be inverted and used to entrain the brain of a “recipient” via sensory or transcranial stimulation. We propose that brain states may thus be transferred between people by acquiring an associated cortical signature from a donor, which, following processing, may be applied to a recipient through sensory or transcranial stimulation. This technique may provide a novel and effective neuromodulation approach to the noninvasive, non-pharmacological treatment of a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders for which current treatments are mostly limited to pharmacotherapeutic interventions.

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