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Within our knowledge, the series of the International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics (ICCN) is the only conference series dedicating to cognitive neurodynamics. This volume is the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics held in 2009, which reviews the progress in this field since the 1st ICCN -2007. The topics include: Neural coding and realistic neural network dynamics, Neural population dynamics, Firing Oscillations and Patterns in Neuronal Networks, Brain imaging, EEG, MEG, Sensory and Motor Dynamics, Global cognitive function, Multi-scalar Neurodynamics - from Physiology to Systems Theory, Neural computing, Emerging Technologies for Brain Computer Interfaces, Neural dynamics of brain disorders.

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Preface

Section 1
Plenary Talk

Dynamics of Learning In Hierarchical Models - Singularity and Milnor Attractor
Shun-ichi Amari, Tomoko Ozeki, Florent Cousseau, and Haikun Wei
Chaotic Dynamics, Episodic Memory, and Self-identity
Ichiro Tsuda

Stochastic modeling of neuronal responses.
Barry J. Richmond

Phase Transitions in Mesoscopic Brain Dynamics - Implications for Cognition and Consciousness
Hans Liljenström

Anatomical and Topological Foundations of Cognitive Neurodynamics in Cerebral Cortex
Walter J Freeman

Metastability of Mean Field Neuropercolation - The Role of Inhibitory Populations
Robert Kozma and Marko Puljic

Spontaneous Low-Frequency Fluctuation Observed with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Potential Biomarker in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Yuan Zhou, Kun Wang, Yong Liu, Ming Song, Sonya W Song, and Tianzi Jiang
Section 2
Tamagawa-RIKEN Dynamic Brain Forum

Dynamical systems and accurate temporal information transmission in neural networks
Alessandro E. P. Villa, Yoshiyuki Asai, Jérémie Cabessa, Pierre Dutoit, and Vladyslav Shaposhnyk
Next Generation Large-Scale Chronically Implantable Precision Motorized Microdrive Arrays for Freely Behaving Animals
Jun Yamamoto
Dynamic Receptive Fields in Auditory Cortex: Feature Selectivity and Organizational Principles
Christoph E. Schreiner and Craig A. Atencio

Top-down Mechanism of Perception: A Scenario on the Role for Layer 1 and 2/3 Projections Viewed from Dynamical Systems Theory
Hiroshi Fujii, Kazuyuki Aihara and Ichiro Tsuda
Beyond sensory coding: the cognitive context of olfactory neurodynamics
Leslie M. Kay
Temporo-parietal network model for 3D mental rotation
Toshio Inui, and Mitsuru Ashizawa

Representation of Time-series by a Self-similar Set in a Model of Hippocampal CA1
Yutaka Yamaguti, Shigeru Kuroda, and Ichiro Tsuda
Emergence of Iterated Function Systems in the Hippocampal CA1
Shigeru Kuroda, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Yutaka Yamaguti, Minoru Tukada, and Ichiro Tsuda
Frontal Theta for Executive Functions and Parietal Alpha for Storage Buffers in Visual Working Memory
Masahiro Kawasaki and Yoko Yamaguchi

Associative Latching Dynamics vs. Syntax
Eleonora Russo, Sahar Pirmoradian, Alessandro Treves
Category inference and prefrontal cortex
Xiaochuan Pan, Masamichi Sakagami

Signal transport via chaos in a neural network -a metaphoric model of communications in brain-
Ryuichi Sato, Noriyuki Furumai, Koji Ochi, Ryu Takada, Yongtao Li, and Shigetoshi Nara
Is Mu Rhythm an Index of the Human Mirror Neuron System? A Study of Simultaneous fMRI and EEG
Hiroaki Mizuhara and Toshio Inui
Decoding action selectivity of observed images using fMRI pattern analysis
Kenji Ogawa, and Toshio Inui

A developmental model of infant reaching movement: Aquisition of internal visuomotor transformations
Naohiro Takemura1 and Toshio Inui
Interacting Humans and the Dynamics of their Social Brains
Emmanuelle Tognoli, Gonzalo C. de Guzman and J. A. Scott Kelso
State-dependent Cortical Synchronization Networks Revealed by TMS-EEG Recordings
Keiichi Kitajo, Ryohei Miyota, Masanori Shimono, Kentaro Yamanaka and Yoko Yamaguchi

Section 3
Neural coding and realistic neural network dynamics

Stimulation induced transitions in spontaneous firing rates in cultured neuronal networks also occur in the presence of synaptic plasticity blocker KN93
Linda van der Heiden, Ildiko Vajda, Jaap van Pelt and Arjen van Ooyen

Attractors in Neurodynamical Systems
Wlodzislaw Duch and Krzysztof Dobosz

Combining supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning in a network of spiking neurons
Sebastian Handrich, Andreas Herzog, Andreas Wolf, and Christoph S. Herrmann

Correlated Activities in Frog Retina Ganglion Cells
Wei Jing, Hai-Qing Gong & Pei-Ji Liang

Gamma-frequency synaptic input enhances gain modulation of the layer V pyramidal neuron model
Xiumin Li, Kenji Morita, Hugh P. C. Robinson, and Michael Small

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