This book is the fourth in a series based on conferences sponsored by the
Metroplex Institute for Neural Dynamics (MIND), an interdisciplinary
organization of Dallas-Fort Worth area neural network professionals in both
academia and industry. This topic was chosen as the focus for this special issue
because of the increasing interest by neuroscientists and psychologists in both
rhythmic and chaotic activity patterns observed in the nervous system.
Neither the mathematical structure of neural oscillations nor their functional
significance is precisely understood. There are a great many open problems in
both the structure and function of neural oscillations, whether rhythmic,
chaotic, or a combination of the two, and