there're no 'oscillations' in the rigorous sense.
what gives the appearance of there being 'oscillations' are
fleetingly-dynamic actions of the TD E/I-minimization mechanisms [see AoK,
and the refs cited in AoK]
=HUGE= Difference.
think about it. would you want some 'crystal'-controlled frequency in-there
while you were trying to think a 'point' through?
"hmmmmmm..."
"bzzzzzzzzzz..."
Nope.
it's be like walking around connected to one of those ear-testing machines,
only with respect to 'cognition' rather than audition, but even more
'anoying' in the generalized case, and more anti-information-processing
efficient.
to the degree that any such 'steady-state' stuff would be in-there, TD
E/I-minimization could not be rigorously-connected to WDB2T.
the internal thing would 'supercede' Thermodynamics.
Waste would be 'engineered'-in. :-)
k. p. collins
mat wrote in message <43525ce3.0207240235.5989ab74 at posting.google.com>...
>Im reading around the literature on nerual oscillations given the
>current vogue for explaining many aspects of function (binding
>problem, consciousness) through them. However, I'm a little confused
>as to what is actually referred to by 'oscillation' (i.e. what is
>oscillating?). Is it the fluctuation of resting membrane potentials
>or is it more about the sequential firing of spatially distributed at
>certain frequencies. i.e. given neurons A, B Is the oscillation
>A-B-A-B-A-B
>>Cheers for any explanations or refs to that effect.
