Title :
Limits of Capacity for the Exchange of Information in the Human Nervous System
Author :
Echeverri, Elkin
Author_Institution :
CompuRedes S.A, Medellin
Abstract :
An approximation to the maximum capacity of exchange of information in the central nervous system of the human body is carried out. The maximum possible quantity in bits per second that the brain possibly exchanges with the rest of the body is sought for. This value could be useful for the designing of bionic systems, the analysis of the operation of the brain and consciousness, as well as the designing of future communication systems
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; brain; neurophysiology; bio-signal modeling; bioelectric information coding; bionic system; brain; consciousness; human central nervous system; information exchange; neural interfaces; neural systems; sensory systems; Central nervous system; Channel capacity; Communication systems; Humans; Information analysis; Information rates; Nervous system; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Sense organs; Bioelectric information coding; bio-signal modeling; channel capacity; information rates; neural interfaces; neural systems; sensory systems;
Journal_Title :
Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TITB.2006.879585
