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Brain computation as hierarchical abstraction / Dana H. Ballard.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Computational neurosciencePublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262323819
  • 0262323818
  • 0262534126
  • 9780262534123
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brain computation as hierarchical abstractionDDC classification:
  • 612.8/23343 23
LOC classification:
  • QP357.5 .B35 2015eb
NLM classification:
  • WL 337
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brain computation -- Brain overview -- Neurons and circuits -- Cortical memory -- Programs via reinforcement -- Sensory-motor routines -- Motor routines -- Operating system -- Decision making -- Emotions -- Consciousness.

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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.

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