Rogue Waves in the Brain

[Bernard]

This is an interesting blog post about an analogy between rogue waves and brain wave activity:

... So I'm going to ask you to temporarily consider the brain as one small ocean.

If we apply the findings in this story, that suggests a couple of things:

1. We have at least a couple of different types of brain waves --
   • the smooth, "linear" type we usually see in EEG images and think of when we imagine brain waves -- the sine wave-looking undulating waves. These are ones we think of when people talk about delta, theta, alpha, beta, gamma, etc.
   • the nonlinear "rogue" waves that are unexpected.
2. These rogue waves can happen in two ways:
   • They can be created from the meeting of two different "flows of activity". In the ocean, this means currents; in the brain, it means information processing. More specifically, if the transition between different content and/or ways of processing aren't stable and smooth, we can get these "rogue waves".

Rogue Waves: The Ocean of the Brain

Imagine how rough the waters are during seizure activity!

 

[RobinN]

This is an interesting visual. I wonder if watching calm waters could be used to stop a seizure.

 

[speber]

Hmmm?....

This is an interesting visual.

:agree:

I wonder if watching calm waters could be used to stop a seizure.

Probably so...but I'd also bet it sparks creativity somewhere that has the opposite effect?...it would for me.
:twocents:

 

[RobinN]

I have some paintings in my mind. But then it is rare that I don't.
I just love water and this might make a nice series