Main description:

Within our knowledge, the series of the International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN) is the only conference series dedicating to cognitive neurodynamics. This volume is the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics held in 2009, which reviews the progress in this field since the 1st ICCN -2007. The topics include: Neural coding and realistic neural network dynamics, Neural population dynamics, Firing Oscillations and Patterns in Neuronal Networks, Brain imaging, EEG, MEG, Sensory and Motor Dynamics, Global cognitive function, Multi-scalar Neurodynamics - from Physiology to Systems Theory, Neural computing, Emerging Technologies for Brain Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics of brain disorders.

Contents:

Preface

Section 1
Plenary Talk

Dynamics of Learning In Hierarchical Models - Singularity and Milnor Attractor
Shun-ichi Amari, Tomoko Ozeki, Florent Cousseau, and Haikun Wei

Chaotic Dynamics, Episodic Memory, and Self-identity
Ichiro Tsuda

Stochastic modeling of neuronal responses.
Barry J. Richmond

Phase Transitions in Mesoscopic Brain Dynamics - Implications for Cognition and Consciousness
Hans Liljenstroem

Anatomical and Topological Foundations of Cognitive Neurodynamics in Cerebral Cortex
Walter J Freeman

Metastability of Mean Field Neuropercolation - The Role of Inhibitory Populations
Robert Kozma and Marko Puljic

Spontaneous Low-Frequency Fluctuation Observed with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Potential Biomarker in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Yuan Zhou, Kun Wang, Yong Liu, Ming Song, Sonya W Song, and Tianzi Jiang

Section 2
Tamagawa-RIKEN Dynamic Brain Forum

Dynamical systems and accurate temporal information transmission in neural networks
Alessandro E. P. Villa, Yoshiyuki Asai, Jeremie Cabessa, Pierre Dutoit, and Vladyslav Shaposhnyk

Next Generation Large-Scale Chronically Implantable Precision Motorized Microdrive Arrays for Freely Behaving Animals
Jun Yamamoto

Dynamic Receptive Fields in Auditory Cortex: Feature Selectivity and Organizational Principles
Christoph E. Schreiner and Craig A. Atencio

Top-down Mechanism of Perception: A Scenario on the Role for Layer 1 and 2/3 Projections Viewed from Dynamical Systems Theory
Hiroshi Fujii, Kazuyuki Aihara and Ichiro Tsuda

Beyond sensory coding: the cognitive context of olfactory neurodynamics
Leslie M. Kay

Temporo-parietal network model for 3D mental rotation
Toshio Inui, and Mitsuru Ashizawa

Representation of Time-series by a Self-similar Set in a Model of Hippocampal CA1
Yutaka Yamaguti, Shigeru Kuroda, and Ichiro Tsuda

Emergence of Iterated Function Systems in the Hippocampal CA1
Shigeru Kuroda, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Yutaka Yamaguti, Minoru Tukada, and Ichiro Tsuda

Frontal Theta for Executive Functions and Parietal Alpha for Storage Buffers in Visual Working Memory
Masahiro Kawasaki and Yoko Yamaguchi

Associative Latching Dynamics vs. Syntax
Eleonora Russo, Sahar Pirmoradian, Alessandro Treves

Category inference and prefrontal cortex
Xiaochuan Pan, Masamichi Sakagami

Signal transport via chaos in a neural network -a metaphoric model of communications in brain-
Ryuichi Sato, Noriyuki Furumai, Koji Ochi, Ryu Takada, Yongtao Li, and Shigetoshi Nara

Is Mu Rhythm an Index of the Human Mirror Neuron System? A Study of Simultaneous fMRI and EEG
Hiroaki Mizuhara and Toshio Inui

Decoding action selectivity of observed images using fMRI pattern analysis
Kenji Ogawa, and Toshio Inui

A developmental model of infant reaching movement: Aquisition of internal visuomotor transformations
Naohiro Takemura1 and Toshio Inui

Interacting Humans and the Dynamics of their Social Brains
Emmanuelle Tognoli, Gonzalo C. de Guzman and J. A. Scott Kelso

State-dependent Cortical Synchronization Networks Revealed by TMS-EEG Recordings
Keiichi Kitajo, Ryohei Miyota, Masanori Shimono, Kentaro Yamanaka and Yoko Yamaguchi

Section 3
Neural coding and realistic neural network dynamics

Stimulation induced transitions in spontaneous firing rates in cultured neuronal networks also occur in the presence of synaptic plasticity blocker KN93
Linda van der Heiden, Ildiko Vajda, Jaap van Pelt and Arjen van Ooyen

Attractors in Neurodynamical Systems
Wlodzislaw Duch and Krzysztof Dobosz

Combining supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning in a network of spiking neurons
Sebastian Handrich, Andreas Herzog, Andreas Wolf, and Christoph S. Herrmann

Correlated Activities in Frog Retina Ganglion Cells
Wei Jing, Hai-Qing Gong & Pei-Ji Liang

Gamma-frequency synaptic input enhances gain modulation of the layer V pyramidal neuron model
Xiumin Li, Kenji Morita, Hugh P. C. Robinson, and Michael Small

Zinc Modulation of Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptors on Carp Retinal Horizontal Cells
Yan Sun, Xiao-Dong Jiang, Lei Xiao, Hai-Qing Gong, Pei-Ji Liang

Spectral Characteristics of Firing Pattern in Retinal Ganglion Cells
Hao Li and Pei-Ji Liang

The Firing Pattern Properties in Retinal Ganglion Cells
Han-Yan Gong, Ying-Ying Zhang, Pei-Ji Liang, Pu-Ming Zhang

The Spatiotemporal Structure of Receptive Field of Ganglion Cells in Bullfrog Retina
Yao Li, Hai-Qing Gong, Pei-Ji Liang, Pu-Ming Zhang

Section 4
Neural population dynamics

Dynamics of hierarchical neural networks
Claus C. Hilgetag, Mark Muller-Linow, and Marc-Thorsten Hutt

Effects of additive Gaussian noise on neuronal firings in a heterogeneous neuronal network
Xiaojuan Sun, Qishao Lu

Stochastic Evolution Model of Neuronal Oscillator Population under the Condition of the Variable Higher Order Coupling
Xiaodan Zhang, Rubin Wang, Zhikang Zhang, Xianfa Jiao

Qualitative Analysis in Locally Coupled Neural Oscillator Network
Yong Meng, Yuanhua Qiao, Jun Miao, Lijuan Duan, Faming Fang

Determination of the number ratio Between Excitation Neurons and Inhibitory Neurons in activities of Neural networks
Yan Liu, Rubin Wang, Zhikang Zhang, Xianfa Jiao, Jianting Cao

Section 5
Firing Oscillations and Patterns in Neuronal Networks

Transition mechanisms between periodic and chaotic bursting neurons
Feng Zhang, Qishao Lu, Jianzhong Su

Dynamical Characteristics of the Fractional-Order FitzHugh-Nagumo Model Neuron
Yong Liu, Yong Xie, Yanmei Kang, Ning Tan, Jun Jiang, Jianxue Xu

Dynamics analysis of the hyperpolarized model for bursting calcium oscillations in non-excitable cells
Pan Meng, Qishao Lu

Effect of Temperature on Synchronization Phenomena in Coupled Spiking Neuron Models
Yasuomi D. Sato

Synchronization transitions of small-world neuronal networks
Wen-Ji Cao and Qing-Yun Wang

Bursting Regularity in Complex Networks of Neurons with Chemical Synapses
Xia Shi and Qishao Lu

Burst synchronization in a small-world neuronal network with coupling delays
Jiaoyan Wang, Qishao Lu, Fang Han and Zhuoqin Yang

Correlation-induced phase synchronization in bursting neurons
Xiufeng Lang and Qishao Lu

Synchronization of Small-world Neuronal Networks with Synapse Plasticity
Fang Han, Qi-shao Lu, Xiang-ying Meng and Jiao-yan Wang

A Modelling Study of Glutamate Release of NMDA Receptors
Justin Blackwell, Jianzhong Su, and Ege Kavalali

Experimental discovery of a complex bifurcation scenario from period 1 bursting to period 1 spiking
Minghao Yang , Qiaohua Zheng, Chunling Wei, Huaguang Gu , Wei Ren

Exploring the asymmetrical cortical activity in motor areas using support vector machines
Guangxin Huang, Huafu Chen, Weishuai Lv, Qian Dai

Strange Non-chaotic Attractors in Noisy FitzHugh-Nagumo neuron Model
Guang-Jun Zhang, Jue Wang, Jian-Xue Xu, Hai-Lin Zou, Hong Yao, Xiang-Bo Wang

Pattern Discrimination on Deterministic and Noise-induced Impulses in Neural Spike Trains
Ying Du, Qi-Shao Lu

Desynchrony in Two Chaotic Neurons with Uncertain Couple and Mix-adaptive Feedback
Yong Zhao, Qishao Lu

Outer Synchronization of Coupled Discrete-time Networks with Time Delay
Weigang Sun, Rubin Wang, Weixiang Wang, and Jianting Cao

Section 6
Brain imaging, EEG, MEG

Phase Resetting on Scalp EEG, Study on its Synchrony and Distribution
Yusely Ruiz, Susan Pockett, Walter J. Freeman, Eduardo Gonzalez,, Guang Li

The interaction between the parietal and motor areas in dynamic imagery manipulation: an fMRI study
Takafumi Sasaoka, Hiroaki Mizuhara, Toshio Inui

An fMRI investigation of the mental perspective shift in language comprehension
Toshiki Iwabuchi, Masato Ohba, Toshio Inui, Kenji Ogawa

Neural representation of space for sound-source localization: An fMRI study
Takafumi Sato, Toshio Inui, Hiroshi Shibata, Kenji Ogawa

Investigating causality between interacting brain areas with multivariate autoregressive models of MEG sensor data
George Michalareas, Jan Matthias Schoelen, and Joachim Gross

EEG Feature Extraction during Mental Fatigue and Relaxation by Principal Component Analysis
Lan-lan Chen, Jun-zhong Zou, Jian Zhang, Chun-mei Wang, Min Wang

Kernel Granger Causality Mapping Effective Connectivity: A Resting fMRI Study
Wei Liao, Daniele Marinazzo, Zhengyong Pan , and Huafu Chen

EEG Source Localization Based on Multiple fMRI Spatial Patterns
Xu Lei, Dezhong Yao

ICA analysis for decision-making task on fMRI
Xujun Duan, Huafu Chen, Zhengyong Pan, Wei Liao, Danhui Wang, Jurong Ding

Single trial extraction of cognitive evoked potential by using EMD based method
Cailin Tao, Ling Zou, Yunfeng Li, Zhenghua Ma

Multiple neural networks involved in chewing gum: A functional MRI study using Group-ICA
Fan Li, Hui Shen, Baojuan Li, Xiaoling Zhou, Dewen Hu

Section 7
Sensory and Motor Dynamics

Dynamic Form Templates Determine Sensitivity to Biological Motion
Joachim Lange and Markus Lappe

Bistable Alternation of Point-Light Biological Motion
Marc H. E. de Lussanet and Markus Lappe

Influence of feedback signals from cat's area 21a on contrast response function of area 17 neurons
C. Wang , W. Burke and B. Dreher

Compensating Neural Transmission Delays by Dynamical Routing
Si Wu and Libo Ma

Retinotopic Sparse Representation of Natural Images
Libo Ma

A neural network model for image formation of the face through double-touch without visual information
Wei Song, Toshio Inui, and Naohiro Takemura

Population responses of A -fiber nociceptors with hypothetical spatial distributions on human forearm
Jiyong Hu, Yi Li , Rubin Wang and Xin Ding

Optimal Model for Selecting Human Arm Posture during Reaching Movement
Jiaole Wang, Masazumi Katayama

Decoding the Grid Cells for Metric Navigation Using the Residue Numeral System
Cecile Masson and Benoit Girard

Discussion on rhythmic gait movement affected by cerebral cortex signal
Wei Dong, Rubin Wang, Zhikang Zhang, and Jianting Cao

Re-optimization contributes to the adaption of external VF field
Chunjiang Fu, Rubin Wang, and Jianting Cao

Vector Sum of Two Eyes' Images Might be an Important Cue in Human Visual System
Qin Wang and Lei Wang

A spatial temporal integration model of primary visual cortex concerning directional selectivity
Jianpeng Zhang, Rubin Wang, Zhikang Zhang, and Jianting Cao

Periodic Motion Control of Human Arm Movement Based on CPG model
Jiong Wu, Rubin Wang, Zhikang Zhang, Jianting Cao

Section 8
Global cognitive function

A Neurodynamical Approach to Visual Affordances: The Selective Attention for Action Model (SAAM)
Christoph Boehme and Dietmar Heinke

A Comparative Analysis on Adaptive Modelling of Induced Feelings
Zulfiqar A. Memon, Jan Treur, Muhammad Umair

Modelling Trust Dynamics from a Neurological Perspective
Mark Hoogendoorn, S. Waqar Jaffry, Jan Treur

Novel Bionic Model for Pattern Recognition
Eduardo Gonzalez, Yusely Ruiz and Guang Li

Local self-adaptation mechanisms for large-scale neural system building
M. Garcia Ortiz, A. Gepperth, J. Fritsch, and C. Goerick

Functions of Shallow vs. Deep Theta-nested Gamma in Object Recognition
Xuejuan Zhang, Yang Zhan, Keith Kendrick

Section 9
Multi-scalar Neurodynamics - from Physiology to Systems Theory

Modelling the Hypothalamic Control of Thalamic Synchronization along the Sleep-Wake Cycles
Svetlana Postnova, Karlheinz Voigt and Hans Albert Braun

Stochastic Resonance and Stochastic Encoding: Cooperative Effects of Noise and Intrinsic Dynamics in a Model Neuron with Subthreshold Oscillations
Wuyin Jin, Svetlana Postnova and Hans Albert Braun

Attention Modulation of Sensory Systems
Hans Liljenstroem and Yuqiao Gu

Evidence for a spatiotemporal singularity in percept formation by cerebral cortex
Walter J. Freeman

Nonequilibrium behavior in neural networks: criticality and optimal performance
J.J. Torres, S. Johnson, J.F. Mejias, S. de Franciscis, and J. Marro

Section 10
Neural computing

A Hierarchial Model for Visual Perception
Bolei Zhou, Liqing Zhang

An Orientational Sensitive Vision Model Based on Biological Retina
Hui Wei and Yuxiang Jiang

Recurrent Neural Networks for Local Model Prediction
Aymen Cherif, Romuald Bone, Hubert Cardot

Single-Trial Electrical Perception Recognition via Single-Channel Electroencephalogram
Yi Qiu, Guiping Dai, Yuping Miao, Ruifen Hu and Guang Li

Sleep Quality Analysis Based on HHT
Lengshi Dai, Guiping Dai, Wuming Zhang, Haigang Zhu and Guang Li

Modelling the Stroop Effect: Dynamics in Inhibition of Automatic Stimuli Processing
Nooraini Yusoff , Andre Gruning and Antony Browne

A New Support Vector Machine Algorithm with Scalable Penalty Coefficients for Training Samples
Jian Zhang, Jun-zhong Zou, Lan-lan Chen, Chun-mei Wang, Min Wang

Recognition of Epileptic EEG using Support Vector Machines
Chun-mei Wang, Jun-zhong Zou, Jian Zhang, Lanlan Chen, Min Wang

Image Denoising Using Noisy Chaotic Neural Networks
Leipo Yan and Lipo Wang

Increase Productivity in Circuit Board Manufacturing through Support Vectors
Hai Tuyen Tran, Chia-Jiu Wang

Section 11
Emerging Technologies for Brain Computer Interfaces

Towards affective BCI/BMI paradigms - Analysis of fEEG and fNIRS brain responses to emotional speech and facial videos
Tomasz M. Rutkowski, Qibin Zhao, Andrzej Cichocki, Toshihisa Tanaka, and Danilo P. Mandic

Imagery movement paradigm user adaptation improvement with quasi-movements phenomenon
Hiroshi Higashi, Tomasz M. Rutkowski, Yoshikazu Washizawa, Toshihisa Tanaka, and Andrzej Cichocki

High Resolution Common Spatial Frequency Filters for Classifying Multi-class EEG
Qibin Zhao, Tomasz m. Rutkowski, Andrzej Cichocki, Liqing Zhang

Suitable ICA algorithm for extracting saccade-related EEG signals
Arao Funase, Mouri Motoaki, Tohru Yagi Andrzej Cichocki, Ichi Takumi

EEG Based Brain-Computer Interface System for Remote Vehicle Controlling
Han Sun, Liqing Zhang, Jie Li and Qibing Zhao

Channel selection for Motor Imagery-based BCIs: A Semi-supervised SVM Algorithm
Jinyi Long, Yuanqing Li, Zhenghui Gu

Section 12
Neural dynamics of brain disorders.

On the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease from EEG Signals: A Mini-Review
Justin Dauwels, Francois-Benoit Vialatte, Andrzej Cichocki

Analysis of Eeg Time Series Recorded From Alzheimer Patients Based on Their Spectral Content
Aurelien Hazart, Francois-Benoit Vialatte, Andrzej Cichocki

Modeling transient oscillations in the EEG of patients with mild cognitive impairment
Francois-Benoit Vialatte, Jordi Sole-Casals, Aurelien Hazart, David Prvulovic, Justin Dauwels, Johannes Pantel, Corinna Haenschel, and Andrzej Cichocki

Discrimination of the sleeping EEG by the adaptive rhythmic component extraction
Yohei Tomita, Hironobu Fukai, Yasue Mitsukura, Toshihisa Tanaka, Jianting Cao

Analyzing EEG of Quasi-Brain-Death Based on Approximate Entropy Measures
Kun Yang, Qiwei Shi, Jianting Cao, Rubin Wang,Huili Zhu, and Zhaoshui He

Complexity Analysis of EEG Data with Multiscale Permutation Entropy
Gaoxiang Ouyang, Chuangyin Dang, and Xiaoli Li

Cueing-dependent activity in bilateral M1 in Parkinson's disease
Andreas Daffertshofer, Alistair N. Vardy, and Erwin E.H. van Wegen