| Edition |
25th Anniversary edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 544 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Computational neuroscience series
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Computational neuroscience.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-523) and index. |
| Contents |
Neuroscience overview -- computational overview -- Representing the world -- Plasticity: cells, circuits, brains, and behavior -- Sensorimotor integration. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brain -- Computer simulation.
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Brain -- Computer simulation. |
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Brain. |
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Neural networks (Neurobiology)
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Neural networks (Neurobiology) |
| Indexed Term |
NEUROSCIENCE/General |
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COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sejnowski, Terrence J. (Terrence Joseph), author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Churchland, Patricia Smith. Computational brain. Twenty-fifth Anniversary edition. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017] 9780262533393 (DLC) 2016034531 (OCoLC)954719831 |
| ISBN |
9780262339650 (electronic book) |
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026233965X (electronic book) |
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9780262533393 |
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0262533391 |
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