
Large-Scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain
MIT Press
Published on 7. June 1994
Book
Hardback
355 pages
978-0-262-11183-6 (ISBN)
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The authors encompass a broad background, from biophysics and electrophysiology to psychophysics, neurology, and computational vision. However, all the chapters focus on a common issue: the role of the primate (including human) cerebral cortex in memory, visual perception, focal attention, and awareness.Large-Scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain brings together thirteen original contributions by some of the top scientists working in neuroscience today. It presents models and theories that will most likely shape and influence the way we think about the brain, the mind, and interactions between the two in the years to come. Chapters consider global theories of the brain from the bottom up-providing theories that are based on real nerve cells, their firing properties, and their anatomical connections. This contrasts with attempts that have been made by psychologists and by theorists in the artificial intelligence community to understand the brain strictly from a psychological or computational point of view. The authors encompass a broad background, from biophysics and electrophysiology to psychophysics, neurology, and computational vision. However, all the chapters focus on a common issue: the role of the primate (including human) cerebral cortex in memory, visual perception, focal attention, and awareness.ContributorsHorace Barlow. Patricia Churchland, V. S. Ramachandran, and Terrence J. Sejnowski. Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio. Robert Desimone, Earl K. Miller, and Leonardo Chelazzi. Christof Koch and Francis Crick. Rodolfo R. Llinas and Urs Ribary. David Mumford. Tomaso Poggio and Anya Hurlbert. Michael I. Posner and Mary K. Rothbart. Wolf Singer. Charles F. Stevens. Shimon Ullman. David C. Van Essen, Charles W. Anderson, and Bruno A. Olshausen
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
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MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From College Freshman to College Graduate Student
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Height: 254 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-11183-6 (9780262111836)
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Christof Koch | Joel L. Davis
Large-Scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain
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01/2003
Bradford Books
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Christof Koch is Professor of Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology and the author of Biophysics of Computation. Joel L. Davis is Program Officer, Cognitive, Neural, and Biomolecular Science and Technology Division, Office of Naval Research.
Editor
President and Chief ScientistAllen Institute for Brain Science
Code 1141/Np
Francis Crick ProfessorSalk Institute for Biological Studies
ProfessorMassachusetts Institute of Technology