Football stadium “wave” as analogy for brain function

Abstract

The rise and fall of spectators performing “the wave” in a football stadium offers an analogy for how brain waves ripple across the cortex and lower brain. In both, the underlying actors (humans, neurons) serve multiple roles.

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Robert Vermeulen
University of Rochester

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