Probing Intrinsic Neural Timescales in EEG with an Information-Theory Inspired Approach: Permutation Entropy Time Delay Estimation (PE-TD)

• Published in: Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 7; p. 1086
• Main Authors: Buccellato, Andrea, Çatal, Yasir, Bisiacchi, Patrizia, Zang, Di, Zilio, Federico, Wang, Zhe, Qi, Zengxin, Zheng, Ruizhe, Xu, Zeyu, Wu, Xuehai, Del Felice, Alessandra, Mao, Ying, Northoff, Georg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.07.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Consciousness; Delay lines; Electroencephalography; Entropy; Entropy (Information theory); Estimation theory; Fainting; Hypotheses; intrinsic neural timescales; Neural networks; neural time delay; Nonlinear systems; Nonlinearity; permutation entropy; Permutations; Probability distribution; Prolongation; Time lag; Time series; Italy; electroencephalography; consciousness; neural time delay; intrinsic neural timescales; permutation entropy

Time delays are a signature of many physical systems, including the brain, and considerably shape their dynamics; moreover, they play a key role in consciousness, as postulated by the temporo-spatial theory of consciousness (TTC). However, they are often not known a priori and need to be estimated f...