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Evidence of chaotic dynamics underlying the human alpha-rhythm electroencephalogram

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Soong, A.C.K., Stuart, C.I.J.M. Evidence of chaotic dynamics underlying the human alpha-rhythm electroencephalogram. Biol. Cybern. 62, 55–62 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00217660

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