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The question of gestalts is discussed within the framework of its neuronal mechanisms. Two basic hypotheses are considered: 1) that of gestalts as a result of the hierarchical organization of neurons (gnostic units), and 2) that of gestalts as a result of the synchronization of neurons of a given level. Analysis of published data led to the conclusion that gestalts resul from vector coding in the hierarchical organication of neurons. Highfrequency oscillations in the gamma range (40–200 Hz) are of endogenous origin, and their function is to reinforce the synaptic inputs to those neurons which are involved in the synthesis of a gestalt.
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M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 229–240; March–April, 1996.
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Sokolov, E.N. The problem of gestalt in neurobiology. Neurosci Behav Physiol 27, 323–332 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462931
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