Noise-Induced Entrainment and Stochastic Resonance in Human Brain Waves
- 10 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 88 (21) , 218101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.218101
Abstract
We present the first observation of stochastic resonance (SR) in the human brain’s visual processing area. The novel experimental protocol is to stimulate the right eye with a subthreshold periodic optical signal and the left eye with a noisy one. The stimuli bypass sensory organs and are mixed in the visual cortex. With many noise sources present in the brain, higher brain functions, e.g., perception and cognition, may exploit SR.Keywords
This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
- Synchronization and rhythmic processes in physiologyNature, 2001
- Stochastic Resonance Enhances the Electrosensory Information Available to Paddlefish for Prey CapturePhysical Review Letters, 2000
- Effects of Colored Noise on Stochastic Resonance in Sensory NeuronsPhysical Review Letters, 1999
- Using electrical noise to enhance the ability of humans to detect subthreshold mechanical cutaneous stimuliChaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 1998
- Noise-mediated enhancements and decrements in human tactile sensationPhysical Review E, 1997
- Visual Perception of Stochastic ResonancePhysical Review Letters, 1997
- Stochastic Resonance in a Neuronal Network from Mammalian BrainPhysical Review Letters, 1996
- Broadband neural encoding in the cricket cereal sensory system enhanced by stochastic resonanceNature, 1996
- Stochastic resonance and the benefits of noise: from ice ages to crayfish and SQUIDsNature, 1995
- STOCHASTIC RESONANCE: TUTORIAL AND UPDATEInternational Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 1994