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The job description of the cerebellum and a candidate model of its “tidal wave” function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Robert E. Shaw ,
Endre E. Kadar  and
M. T. Turvey
Robert E. Shaw
Affiliation:
Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 cespal@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Endre E. Kadar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, United Kingdomkadare@psy1.psyc.port.ac.ukwww.sci.port.ac.uk
M. T. Turvey
Affiliation:
Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 cespal@uconnvm.uconn.edu
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Abstract

A path space integral approach to modelling the job description of the cerebellum is proposed. This new approach incorporates the “tidal wave” equation into a kind of generalized Huygens's wave equation. The resulting exponential functional integral provides a mathematical expression of the inhibitory function by which the cerebellum “sculpts” the intended control signal from the background of neuronal excitation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 265
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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