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Traveling and standing waves in the brain

Nature Neuroscience volume 25, pages 980–981 (2022)Cite this article

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Studying the natural wanderings of the living brain is extremely challenging. Bolt et al. describe a new framework for considering the brain’s intrinsic activity based on the geophysical concepts of standing and traveling waves.

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Fig. 1: Wave types in the real world and the brain.

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J.G.-C. was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Mental Health (annual report ZIAMH002783).

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