Editorial: Metastable Dynamics of Neural Ensembles

Emili Balaguer-Ballester^{1

2}, Ruben Moreno-Bote³, Gustavo Deco^{4

5

6

7}, Daniel Durstewitz⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computing and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom.
² Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
³ Center for Brain and Cognition and Department of Information and Communications Technologies, Pompeu Fabra University, Research Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
⁷ School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁸ Department of Theoretical Neuroscience, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

Editorial

Emili Balaguer-Ballester et al. Front Syst Neurosci. 2018.

. 2018 Jan 26:11:99.

doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00099. eCollection 2017.

Emili Balaguer-Ballester^{1

2}, Ruben Moreno-Bote³, Gustavo Deco^{4

5

6

7}, Daniel Durstewitz⁸

¹ Department of Computing and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom.
² Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
³ Center for Brain and Cognition and Department of Information and Communications Technologies, Pompeu Fabra University, Research Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Center for Brain and Cognition, Computational Neuroscience Group, Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
⁷ School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁸ Department of Theoretical Neuroscience, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: attractor dynamics; metastability; neural noise; transient dynamics; trial-to-trial variability.

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