Three pertinent issues in the modeling of brain activity: Nonlinearities, time scales, and neural underpinnings
A. Daffertshofer a1, T. D. Frank a1, C. E. Peper a1andP. J. Beek a1 a1 Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
{marlow; p-j-beck}@fbw.vu.nlhttp://marlow.fbw.vu.nl
Abstract
A critical discussion is provided of three central assumptions underlying Nunez's approach to modeling cortical activity. A plea is made for neurophysiologically realistic models involving nonlinearities, multiple time scales, and stochasticity.
