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Decoding neuronal criticality firing patterns for large brain based EEG models.

Szilard L Beres1, Victoria Ribeiro Rodrigues1, Christopher Myers2

  • 1University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, United States; University of Florida, Human Informatics and Predictive Performance Optimization (HIPPO) Lab, United States.

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The critical brain hypothesis suggests optimal brain processing near critical points. This study confirms criticality in human electroencephalography (EEG) during cognitive tasks, showing scale-invariant dynamics emerge with task engagement.

Area of Science:

  • Systems Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • The critical brain hypothesis posits that neural systems operate at critical states for optimal information processing.
  • Understanding criticality in human electroencephalography (EEG) and its application to cognitive states remains challenging.
  • Key gaps exist in decoding large-scale EEG dynamics, identifying criticality signatures in neural events, and distinguishing true criticality from noise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decode self-organization and critical dynamics in large-scale human EEG recordings during cognitive tasks.
  • To identify signatures of criticality in windowed EEG neural events.
  • To demonstrate that criticality is task-dependent and not an artifact of noise.

Main Methods:

Keywords:
Cognitive impairmentCritical brain hypothesisElectroencephalography (EEG)HypoxiaNeural criticalityNeural oscillationsNewell’s time scalePower lawScale invariance

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  • Developed novel EEG techniques to analyze the self-organization of interacting spectral oscillatory groups using an optimized filter bank.
  • Characterized EEG signals across four dimensions: intensity, phase, time, and frequency, represented as a hierarchical rank.
  • Confirmed criticality by fitting a power law to the hierarchical rank data during cognitive tasks (k≈[10^2, 10^5]).

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated the self-organization of neuronal oscillatory bands during cognitive tasks, exhibiting scale-invariant criticality via power law fitting.
    • Showed that power law fitting failed during non-task periods (k≈[10^2, 10^2]), indicating the absence of criticality.
    • Confirmed that criticality signatures emerge specifically during cognitive tasks when neural firing is directed to the outer cortex.

    Conclusions:

    • Human EEG signals exhibit scale-invariant criticality during cognitive tasks, supporting the critical brain hypothesis.
    • The developed EEG decoding method successfully identifies task-dependent criticality, distinguishing it from random noise.
    • Findings pave the way for operational applications in cognitive state detection and human-machine teaming.