A repetitive modular oscillation underlies human brain electric activity

NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

卷:653

Article

Tozzi, Arturo^1,6  Peters, James F.^1,2,3,4  Jausovec, Norbert⁵ 

[1] Univ Manitoba, Computat Intelligence Lab, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada

[2] Univ Manitoba, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, 75A Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada

[3] Adiyaman Univ, Dept Math, TR-02040 Adiyaman, Turkey

[4] Adiyaman Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Math, TR-02040 Adiyaman, Turkey

[5] Univ Maribor, Dept Psychol, Koroska Cesta 160, SLO-2000 Maribor, Slovenia

[6] Univ North Texas, Dept Phys, Ctr Nonlinear Sci, 1155 Union Circle,311427, Denton, TX 76203 USA

关键词: j-Function;    Modular function;    Nervous system;    EEG;    Complex numbers;    Multidimensionality;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.neulet.2017.05.051

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The modular function j, central in the assessment of abstract mathematical problems, describes elliptic, intertwined trajectories that move in the planes of both real and complex numbers. Recent clues suggest that the j-function might display a physical counterpart, equipped with a quantifiable real component and a hidden imaginary one, currently undetectable by our senses and instruments. Here we evaluate whether the real part of the modular function can be spotted in the electric activity of the human brain. We assessed EEGs from five healthy males, eyes-closed and resting state, and superimposed the electric traces with the bidimensional curves predicted by the j-function. We found that the two trajectories matched in more than 85% of cases, independent from the subtending electric rhythm and the electrode location. Therefore, the real part of the j-function's peculiar wave is ubiquitously endowed all over normal EEGs paths. We discuss the implications of such correlation in neuroscience and neurology, highlighting how the j-function might stand for the one of the basic oscillations of the brain, and how the still unexplored imaginary part might underlie several physiological and pathological nervous features. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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