| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Computational neuroscience
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Computational neuroscience.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Brain computation -- Brain overview -- Neurons and circuits -- Cortical memory -- Programs via reinforcement -- Sensory-motor routines -- Motor routines -- Operating system -- Decision making -- Emotions -- Consciousness. |
| Summary |
The vast differences between the brain's neural circuitry and a computer's silicon circuitry might suggest that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana Ballard argues in this book, computational tools are essential for understanding brain function. Ballard shows that the hierarchical organisation of the brain has many parallels with the hierarchical organisation of computing; as in silicon computing, the complexities of brain computation can be dramatically simplified when its computation is factored into different levels of abstraction. |
| Processing Action |
ebrary dda UPB |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Computational neuroscience.
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Computational neuroscience. |
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Neurobiology.
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Neurobiology. |
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Brain -- physiology. |
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Mental Processes -- physiology. |
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Models, Neurological. |
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Nerve Net -- physiology. |
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Neural Networks, Computer. |
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Neurons -- physiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ballard, Dana H. (Dana Harry), 1946- Brain computation as hierarchical abstraction 9780262028615 (DLC) 2014021822 (OCoLC)881280260 |
| ISBN |
9780262323819 (electronic book) |
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0262323818 (electronic book) |
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9780262028615 |
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0262028611 |
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