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The Computational Brain


The Computational Brain
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Author : Patricia Smith Churchland
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1992

The Computational Brain written by Patricia Smith Churchland and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Medical categories.


"The Computational Brain addresses a broad audience: neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers. It is written for both the expert and novice. A basic overview of neuroscience and computational theory is provided, followed by a study of some of the most recent and sophisticated modeling work in the context of relevant neurobiological research. Technical terms are clearly explained in the text, and definitions are provided in an extensive glossary. The appendix contains a précis of neurobiological techniques."--Jacket.



The Computational Brain 25th Anniversary Edition


The Computational Brain 25th Anniversary Edition
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Author : Patricia S. Churchland
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2016-11-04

The Computational Brain 25th Anniversary Edition written by Patricia S. Churchland and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-04 with Science categories.


An anniversary edition of the classic work that influenced a generation of neuroscientists and cognitive neuroscientists. Before The Computational Brain was published in 1992, conceptual frameworks for brain function were based on the behavior of single neurons, applied globally. In The Computational Brain, Patricia Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski developed a different conceptual framework, based on large populations of neurons. They did this by showing that patterns of activities among the units in trained artificial neural network models had properties that resembled those recorded from populations of neurons recorded one at a time. It is one of the first books to bring together computational concepts and behavioral data within a neurobiological framework. Aimed at a broad audience of neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers, The Computational Brain is written for both expert and novice. This anniversary edition offers a new preface by the authors that puts the book in the context of current research. This approach influenced a generation of researchers. Even today, when neuroscientists can routinely record from hundreds of neurons using optics rather than electricity, and the 2013 White House BRAIN initiative heralded a new era in innovative neurotechnologies, the main message of The Computational Brain is still relevant.



Memory And The Computational Brain


Memory And The Computational Brain
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Author : C. R. Gallistel
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-09-09

Memory And The Computational Brain written by C. R. Gallistel and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.


Memory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory over the course of the last several decades. A provocative argument that impacts across the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, suggesting new perspectives on learning mechanisms in the brain Proposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory Suggests that the architecture of the brain is structured precisely for learning and for memory, and integrates the concept of an addressable read/write memory mechanism into the foundations of neuroscience Based on lectures in the prestigious Blackwell-Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, and now significantly reworked and expanded to make it ideal for students and faculty



From Computer To Brain


From Computer To Brain
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Author : William W. Lytton
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2002-10-01

From Computer To Brain written by William W. Lytton and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-01 with Mathematics categories.


Biology undergraduates, medical students and life-science graduate students often have limited mathematical skills. Similarly, physics, math and engineering students have little patience for the detailed facts that make up much of biological knowledge. Teaching computational neuroscience as an integrated discipline requires that both groups be brought forward onto common ground. This book does this by making ancillary material available in an appendix and providing basic explanations without becoming bogged down in unnecessary details. The book will be suitable for undergraduates and beginning graduate students taking a computational neuroscience course and also to anyone with an interest in the uses of the computer in modeling the nervous system.



Science


Science
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Author : John Michels (Journalist)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Science written by John Michels (Journalist) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Science categories.




Natural And Artificial Intelligence


Natural And Artificial Intelligence
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Author : Juyang Weng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-11-07

Natural And Artificial Intelligence written by Juyang Weng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-07 with Artificial intelligence categories.


The mind is what the brain does. This book tries to map a mind model to the corresponding brain so as to not only deepen our understanding of both the brain and the mind, but also unveil computational underpinnings. That is why the words “Brain-Mind” are hyphenated in the title. This volume strives to unify natural intelligence with artificial intelligence. It approaches intelligence through not only what intelligence is but also how intelligence arises. Examples of disciplinary questions related to the material in this book: Biology: How does each autonomous cell interact with the environment to give rise to animal behaviors, and what cellular roles is the genome likely to play? Neuroscience: From an overarching perspective, how does a brain self-wire, perform top-down attention, and develop its functions? Psychology: How does an integrated brain architecture accomplish multiple psychological learning models and develop brain’s external behaviors? Computer Science: How does a brain-like network compute, adapt, reason, and generalize, and how is the automaton theory related to the brain-like network? Electrical Engineering: How does a brain-like network perform general-purpose, nonlinear, feedback sensing-and-control, beyond traditional nonlinear control? Mathematics: How does a brain-like network perform general-purpose, nonlinear optimization, and how does a brain realize emergent functionals? Physics: How do meanings arise from physics, and how does a brain-like network treat space and time in a unified way, reminiscent of relativity? Social sciences: How do computational principles of human brains provide insight into possible solutions to a variety of social and political problems? Juyang Weng received his BS degree from Fudan University, and MS and PhD degrees from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, all in Computer Science. He is a professor at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, a faculty member of the Cognitive Science Program and the Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. He is a fellow of IEEE.



Unsupervised Learning


Unsupervised Learning
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Author : Geoffrey Hinton
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1999-05-24

Unsupervised Learning written by Geoffrey Hinton and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-24 with Medical categories.


Since its founding in 1989 by Terrence Sejnowski, Neural Computation has become the leading journal in the field. Foundations of Neural Computation collects, by topic, the most significant papers that have appeared in the journal over the past nine years. This volume of Foundations of Neural Computation, on unsupervised learning algorithms, focuses on neural network learning algorithms that do not require an explicit teacher. The goal of unsupervised learning is to extract an efficient internal representation of the statistical structure implicit in the inputs. These algorithms provide insights into the development of the cerebral cortex and implicit learning in humans. They are also of interest to engineers working in areas such as computer vision and speech recognition who seek efficient representations of raw input data.



Explaining The Computational Mind


Explaining The Computational Mind
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Author : Marcin Milkowski
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2013-03-29

Explaining The Computational Mind written by Marcin Milkowski and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-29 with Science categories.


A defense of the computational explanation of cognition that relies on mechanistic philosophy of science and advocates for explanatory pluralism. In this book, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational—whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to experience music. Defending the computational explanation against objections to it—from John Searle and Hilary Putnam in particular—Milkowski writes that computationalism is here to stay but is not what many have taken it to be. It does not, for example, rely on a Cartesian gulf between software and hardware, or mind and brain. Milkowski's mechanistic construal of computation allows him to show that no purely computational explanation of a physical process will ever be complete. Computationalism is only plausible, he argues, if you also accept explanatory pluralism. Milkowski sketches a mechanistic theory of implementation of computation against a background of extant conceptions, describing four dissimilar computational models of cognition. He reviews other philosophical accounts of implementation and computational explanation and defends a notion of representation that is compatible with his mechanistic account and adequate vis à vis the four models discussed earlier. Instead of arguing that there is no computation without representation, he inverts the slogan and shows that there is no representation without computation—but explains that representation goes beyond purely computational considerations. Milkowski's arguments succeed in vindicating computational explanation in a novel way by relying on mechanistic theory of science and interventionist theory of causation.



The Journal Of Neuroscience


The Journal Of Neuroscience
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

The Journal Of Neuroscience written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Neurology categories.




Lectures In Supercomputational Neuroscience


Lectures In Supercomputational Neuroscience
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Author : Peter Graben
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2007-10-19

Lectures In Supercomputational Neuroscience written by Peter Graben and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-19 with Science categories.


Computational Neurosciences is a burgeoning field of research where only the combined effort of neuroscientists, biologists, psychologists, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and other specialists, e.g. from linguistics and medicine, seem to be able to expand the limits of our knowledge. The present volume is an introduction, largely from the physicists' perspective, to the subject matter with in-depth contributions by system neuroscientists. A conceptual model for complex networks of neurons is introduced that incorporates many important features of the real brain, such as various types of neurons, various brain areas, inhibitory and excitatory coupling and the plasticity of the network. The computational implementation on supercomputers, which is introduced and discussed in detail in this book, will enable the readers to modify and adapt the algortihm for their own research. Worked-out examples of applications are presented for networks of Morris-Lecar neurons to model the cortical connections of a cat's brain, supported with data from experimental studies. This book is particularly suited for graduate students and nonspecialists from related fields with a general science background, looking for a substantial but “hands-on” introduction to the subject matter.