Is our brain chaotic?

  Chaos Theory provides a theoretical framework for better understanding deterministic systems. Deterministic systems are those in which current conditions and dynamics determine their future states. Chaos in a system means that small changes in the system’s state spread exponentially. Naturally, for reliable sensory information processing, the dynamics governing our brain should not be chaotic. In this seminar, I will first demonstrate that the activity of cells in the cerebral cortex is deterministic. Then, by obtaining a model of these cells (Rapid Theta Neuron model), we will attempt to investigate chaos in the collective processing of sensory information in this system.