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What Is Focus? State–Space Trajectories, Traveling Waves Following Distraction

• Marshferm 11mo ago
  "The “rotational waves” come from population activity looping through a stable subspace while a phase wave moves across the cortex. In field terms, it’s a torsional coherence cycle, rotation in abstract state-space mirrored by a traveling wave in tissue. The same pattern re-aligns the brain after distraction. Put simply: when focus returns, the brain doesn’t just switch back on, it spirals back into tune, like sound waves re-forming harmony after interference." Lee Smart co-author Tweet [comes with illustration] https://x.com/VFD_org/status/1984660036866416966 https://x.com/VFD_org/status/1984660036866416966