In an unexpected discovery, a team of researchers has discovered mysterious spiral-shaped signals in the human brain.
Scientists have made a discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of the human brain. A team of fluid physicists from the University of Sydney, Australia, and Fudan University, China Spiral-shaped signals ripple in the cerebral cortexthe outermost layer of nervous tissue in the brain.
The cerebral cortex is responsible for complex cognitive functions such as language and the memory, It has been studied extensively. However, most research has examined the communication between individual cells and the networks they form. The recent study took a different approach, using methods typically used by fluid physicists who study wave patterns in turbulent flows.
The researchers analyzed brain imaging data to visualize brain activity. according to ScienceAlert, note helix-like patterns moving across the surface of the brain and circling central points known as singularities. These rising waves exhibited intricate and intricate dynamics, reminiscent of the eddies in turbulent systems.
These patterns are found It spans multiple networks of interconnected cells, suggesting that they play a role in coordinating brain activity. Further analysis revealed that the spirals changed direction during Language processing and working memory tasks.
It is interesting that spirals It often appears at the boundaries between different functional networks from the brain. The premise is that these patterns act like gates, allowing or preventing the flow of activity between networks based on their direction of rotation. In this way, the spirals coordinate activity between different regions of the brain.
The findings challenge the traditional view that complex brain functions result solely from the activity of individual cells. Instead, they support the theory that the wave patterns of brain activity are influenced by structural features of the brain, such as its folds and lines.
The study was recently published In the journal Nature Human Behavior.
