1: Introduction 3 

 2: Structure Defines Function 29 

 3: Diversity of Cortical Functions Is Provided by Inhibition 61 

 4: Windows on the Brain 80 

 5: A System of Rhythms: From Simple to Complex Dynamics 111 

 6: Synchronization by Oscillation 136 

 7: The Brain's Default State: Self-Organized Oscillations in Rest and Sleep 175 

 8: Perturbation of the Default Patterns by Experience 206 

 9: The Gamma Buzz: Gluing by Oscillations in the Waking Brain 231 

10: Perceptions and Actions Are Brain-State Dependent 262 

11: Oscillations in the "Other Cortex": Navigation in Real and Memory Space 277 

12: Coupling of Systems by Oscillations 334 

13: Tough Problems 357