Title :
Information processing in brain and dynamic patterns of transmission during working memory task by the SDTF function
Author :
Blinowska, Katarzyna J. ; Kaminski, Maciej ; Kaminski, Jan ; Brzezicka, Aneta
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Phys., Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
We studied the dynamical pattern of transmission involved in the information processing during cognitive experiments engaging working memory. The ensemble averaging approach was used to fit a multichannel autoregressive model to the EEG signals recorded during the transitive reasoning task. The short-time directed transfer function was estimated for finding dynamical patterns of functional connectivity during the memory and reasoning task. The results indicated that there exist particular areas where information is processed as envisaged by transmissions between closely located electrodes. In case of reasoning task these local circuits were located in frontal and parietal regions. These areas (these local circuits) from time to time exchange information between each other.
Keywords :
autoregressive processes; biomedical electrodes; brain models; cognition; electroencephalography; medical signal processing; transfer functions; EEG; SDTF function; brain; cognitive experiments; electrodes; ensemble averaging approach; frontal regions; functional connectivity dynamical patterns; information processing; local circuits; multichannel autoregressive model; parietal regions; reasoning task; short-time directed transfer function; transmission dynamical pattern; working memory task; Brain modeling; Cognition; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Information processing; Transfer functions; Short-time directed transfer function; multichannel autoregressive model; transitive reasoning task; working memory; Adult; Brain; Brain Mapping; Computer Simulation; Electroencephalography; Humans; Male; Memory, Short-Term; Models, Neurological; Nerve Net; Neural Pathways; Synaptic Transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626857