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A System Architecture Approach to the Brain

Author : L. Andrew Coward
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781594544330
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A System Architecture Approach to the Brain written by L. Andrew Coward and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the integrated presentation of a large body of work on understanding the operation of biological brains as systems. The work has been carried out by the author over the last 22 years, and leads to a claim that it is relatively straightforward to understand how human cognition results from and is supported by physiological processes in the brain. This claim has roots in the technology for designing and manufacturing electronic systems which manage extremely complex telecommunications networks with high reliability, in real time and with no human intervention. Such systems perform very large numbers of interacting control features. Although there is little direct resemblance between such systems and biological brains, the ways in which these practical considerations force system architectures within some specific bounds leads to an understanding of how different but analogous practical considerations constrain the architectures of brains within different bounds called the Recommendation Architecture. These architectural bounds make it possible to relate cognitive phenomena to physiological processes.

System Architecture Approach to the Brain

Author : L. Andrew Coward
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781608765966
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book System Architecture Approach to the Brain written by L. Andrew Coward and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brain Mechanisms

Author : L. Andrew Coward
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525597922
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Brain Mechanisms written by L. Andrew Coward and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Mechanisms: Linking Cognitive Phenomena to Neuron Activity shows how to understand higher cognition in terms of brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry. Natural selection pressures have resulted in all information processes in the brain being one of just two general types: condition definition/detections and behavioural recommendation definition/integrations. Using these information process types, hierarchies of description can be created that map from cognitive phenomena to the activity of the billions of neurons in the brain. These hierarchies make it possible to create an intuitively satisfying understanding of how neuron activity results in human memory, consciousness and self-awareness. These ideas were previously described at a technical level in Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition. This book presents the ideas for a more general readership.

Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition

Author : L Andrew Coward
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940077107X
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition by : L Andrew Coward

Download or read book Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition written by L Andrew Coward and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explains how to understand cognition in terms of brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry, using an approach adapted from techniques for understanding complex electronic systems. These techniques create hierarchies of information process based descriptions on different levels of detail, where higher levels contain less information and can therefore describe complete cognitive phenomena, but are more approximate. The nature of the approximations are well understood, and more approximate higher level descriptions can therefore be mapped to more precise detailed descriptions of any part of a phenomenon as required. Cognitive phenomena, the anatomy and connectivity of major brain structures, neuron physiology, and cellular chemistry are reviewed. Various cognitive tasks are described in terms of information processes performed by different major anatomical structures. These higher level descriptions are selectively mapped to more detailed physiological and chemical levels.

Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 2010

Author : BICA Society. Annual Meeting
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1607506602
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 2010 written by BICA Society. Annual Meeting and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents the proceedings of the First International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA 2010), which is also the First Annual Meeting of the BICA Society. A cognitive architecture is a computational framework for the design of intelligent, even conscious, agents. It may draw inspiration from many sources, such as pure mathematics, physics or abstract theories of cognition. A biologically inspired cognitive architecture (BICA) is one which incorporates formal mechanisms from computational models of human and animal cognition, which currently provide the only physical examples with the robustness, flexibility, scalability and consciousness that artificial intelligence aspires to achieve. The BICA approach has several different goals: the broad aim of creating intelligent software systems without focusing on any one area of application; attempting to accurately simulate human behavior or gain an understanding of how the human mind works, either for purely scientific reasons or for applications in a variety of domains; understanding how the brain works at a neuronal and sub-neuronal level; or designing artificial systems which can perform the cognitive tasks important to practical applications in human society, and which at present only humans are capable of. The papers presented in this volume reflect the cross-disciplinarity and integrative nature of the BICA approach and will be of interest to anyone developing their own approach to cognitive architectures. Many insights can be found here for inspiration or to import into one's own architecture, directly or in modified form."--Publisher description.

Brain Architecture

Author : Larry W. Swanson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019537858X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Brain Architecture written by Larry W. Swanson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition, Brain Architecture is the continued exploration of how the brain works. At the very core of our existence, the brain generates our thoughts and feelings, directs our voluntary interactions with the environment, and coordinates all of the vital functions within the body itself. This long-overdue new edition explains this oftentimes daunting intricacy and exquisite detail. The first half of the book discusses the basic parts and how they work, presenting an overview of the nervous system at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels. The approach follows three classic lines of thought that proceed from simple to complex: the history of neuroscience research, the evolution of the nervous system, and the embryological development of the vertebrate central and peripheral nervous systems. The second half of the book outlines the basic wiring diagram of the brain and nervous system-how the parts are interconnected and how they control behavior and the internal state of the body. This is done within the framework of a new four-system network model that greatly simplifies understanding the structure-function organization of the nervous system. Written in clear and sparkling prose, beautifully illustrated, and thoroughly updated, Brain Architecture, Second Edition is must-read for anyone interested in the science of how the brain works.

How to Build a Brain

Author : Chris Eliasmith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199794693
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book How to Build a Brain written by Chris Eliasmith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Build a Brain provides a detailed exploration of a new cognitive architecture - the Semantic Pointer Architecture - that takes biological detail seriously, while addressing cognitive phenomena. Topics ranging from semantics and syntax, to neural coding and spike-timing-dependent plasticity are integrated to develop the world's largest functional brain model.

Missing Link

Author : Jeffery Donaldson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773582118
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Missing Link by : Jeffery Donaldson

Download or read book Missing Link written by Jeffery Donaldson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We look for missing links in the sciences and humanities, but the essential missing link - metaphor - is always in front of us. In Missing Link, Jeffery Donaldson unites literary criticism and evolutionary and cognitive science to show how metaphor has been with us since the beginning of time as a seed in the nature of things. With examples from centuries of poets, critics, philosophers, and scientists, he details how metaphor is a chemistry, an exchange of energies forming and dissolving, and an openness in the spaces between things. He considers the ways in which DNA learns how to liken things that have been, how mutation makes errors and then tries them on, and how evolution is hypothesis - nature's way of "thinking more." The mind is a matrix of relations: neural synapses cascade into ever-changing pathways and patterns. Metaphor is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It is the unbroken thread between matter and spirit. Whether offering analysis of a turn of phrase or chemical reaction, Missing Link presents a vision of literature that is also a vision of the cosmos, and vice versa. It enters the debate between evolution and religion, and challenges scientists, literary theorists, and religious advocates to rethink the relations between their disciplines.

Welcome to Your World

Author : Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780062996046
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Your World written by Sarah Williams Goldhagen and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the nation's chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to construct a world better suited to human experience. Taking us on a fascinating journey through some of the world's best and worst landscapes, buildings, and cityscapes, Sarah Williams Goldhagen draws from recent research in cognitive neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate how people's experiences of the places they build are central to their well-being, their physical health, their communal and social lives, and even their very sense of themselves. From this foundation, Goldhagen presents a powerful case that societies must use this knowledge to rethink what and how they build: the world needs better-designed, healthier environments that address the complex range of human individual and social needs. By 2050 America's population is projected to increase by nearly seventy million people. This will necessitate a vast amount of new construction--almost all in urban areas--that will dramatically transform our existing landscapes, infrastructure, and urban areas. Going forward, we must do everything we can to prevent the construction of exhausting, overstimulating environments and enervating, understimulating ones. Buildings, landscapes, and cities must both contain and spark associations of natural light, greenery, and other ways of being in landscapes that humans have evolved to need and expect. Fancy exteriors and dramatic forms are never enough, and may not even be necessary; authentic textures and surfaces, and careful, well-executed construction details are just as important. Erudite, wise, lucidly written, and beautifully illustrated with more than one hundred color photographs, Welcome to Your World is a vital, eye-opening guide to the spaces we inhabit, physically and mentally, and a clarion call to design for human experience.

The Art of Systems Architecting

Author : Mark W. Maier
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 104007930X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Systems Architecting written by Mark W. Maier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don't yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller, The Art of Systems Architecting provides in-depth coverage of the least understood part of systems design: moving from a vague concept and limited resources

Architecture of the Brain

Author : William Fuller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330400371
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Architecture of the Brain written by William Fuller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Architecture of the Brain In the following description of the Central Nervous System it is not intended to rehearse minute details which can be fond in the many excellent works upon anatomy, but to place in view in as clear and concise a manner as possible the general architecture of the central nervous system, and to trace the relation and continuity of its parts. When a general knowledge of the structure of the brain is acquired by the student a useful and practical step is gained, because he will not only be able to describe the situation of a lesion and understand the descriptions made by others, but he will be in a situation to intelligently discuss the functions of its parts, and is prepared to work in the field of discovery. The incidental assignment of function to any part of the nervous system in these pages is intended to assist the memory and awaken inquiry. Nothing stimulates the observation to the same extent as the entertainment of a theory, to be demonstrated or corrected by careful observation of facts which fall under one's own notice, or by those which can be obtained from other reliable sources. The following description has been made from dissections by the author, and has been carefully verified by a comparison of longitudinal and lateral dissections, and by sections, all of which agree in proving the correctness of the representations herein described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Networks of the Brain

Author : Olaf Sporns
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262528983
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Networks of the Brain written by Olaf Sporns and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrative overview of network approaches to neuroscience explores the origins of brain complexity and the link between brain structure and function. Over the last decade, the study of complex networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields. Increasingly, science is concerned with the structure, behavior, and evolution of complex systems ranging from cells to ecosystems. In Networks of the Brain, Olaf Sporns describes how the integrative nature of brain function can be illuminated from a complex network perspective. Highlighting the many emerging points of contact between neuroscience and network science, the book serves to introduce network theory to neuroscientists and neuroscience to those working on theoretical network models. Sporns emphasizes how networks connect levels of organization in the brain and how they link structure to function, offering an informal and nonmathematical treatment of the subject. Networks of the Brain provides a synthesis of the sciences of complex networks and the brain that will be an essential foundation for future research.

Handbook of Human Multitasking

Author : Andrea Kiesel
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031047605
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Human Multitasking written by Andrea Kiesel and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook on human multitasking provides an integrative overview on simultaneous and sequential multitasking and thus combines theorizing on dual task limitations as well as costs related to task switching. In addition to a wide range of empirical findings and their theoretical integration, the editors provide a number of applications of multitasking, like training, interindividual differences and applied research in traffic and health psychology and music expertise. The book is suitable for people interested in multitasking, that is, for researchers and graduate students of cognitive psychology, movement science, sport psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive and neurological rehabilitation, aging sciences, and broader cognitive science.

Brain Landscape The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture

Author : John P. Eberhard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195331729
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Brain Landscape The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture by : John P. Eberhard

Download or read book Brain Landscape The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture written by John P. Eberhard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brain Landscape: The Coexistence of Neuroscience and Architecture is the first book to serve as an intellectual bridge between architectural practice and neuroscience research. John P. Eberhard, founding President of the non-profit Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, argues that increased funding, and the ability to think beyond the norm, will lead to a better understanding of how scientific research can change how we design, illuminate, and build spaces. Inversely, he posits that by better understanding the effects that buildings and places have on us, and our mental state, the better we may be able to understand how the human brain works. This book is devoted to describing architectural design criteria for schools, offices, laboratories, memorials, churches, and facilities for the aging, and then posing hypotheses about human experiences in such settings.

Salem Health

Author : Nancy A. Piotrowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Salem Health written by Nancy A. Piotrowski and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive five-volume set covers notable theories, people, social issues, life stages, the physiology and anatomy of the nervous system, and various mental illnesses or conditions --from publisher description.

The Architecture of the Mind

Author : Peter Carruthers
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780191525810
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of the Mind written by Peter Carruthers and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive development and defense of one of the guiding assumptions of evolutionary psychology: that the human mind is composed of a large number of semi-independent modules. The Architecture of the Mind has three main goals. One is to argue for massive mental modularity. Another is to answer a 'How possibly?' challenge to any such approach. The first part of the book lays out the positive case supporting massive modularity. It also outlines how the thesis should best be developed, and articulates the notion of 'module' that is in question. Then the second part of the book takes up the challenge of explaining how the sorts of flexibility and creativity that are distinctive of the human mind could possibly be grounded in the operations of a massive number of modules. Peter Carruthers's third aim is to show how the various components of the mind are likely to be linked and interact with one another - indeed, this is crucial to demonstrating how the human mind, together with its familiar capacities, can be underpinned by a massively modular set of mechanisms. He outlines and defends the basic framework of a perception / belief / desire / planning / motor-control architecture, as well as detailing the likely components and their modes of connectivity. Many specific claims about the place within this architecture of natural language, of a mind-reading system, and others are explained and motivated. A number of novel proposals are made in the course of these discussions, one of which is that creative human thought depends upon a prior kind of creativity of action. Written with unusual clarity and directness, and surveying an extensive range of research in cognitive science, this book will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the nature and organization of the mind.

AI and Cognitive Modelling for Education

Author : Boris Aberšek
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031353315
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book AI and Cognitive Modelling for Education written by Boris Aberšek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a groundbreaking approach to bridging the gap between various disciplines involved in cognitive modeling in education. By drawing on the fields of learning, neuro science, cognitive science, neurobiology, and computer science, it provides a new perspective on how we can integrate these disciplines with education to create more effective learning environments. The main objective of this book is to delve into the ethical, sociological, and technological questions surrounding the introduction of intelligent and smart learning environments in education. By analyzing these issues, this book aims to bridge the gap between the various disciplines involved in cognitive modeling and education, while highlighting the benefits and risks associated with these advancements. With the emergence of AI-based tutors, coaches, and learning environments, students now have access to a new type of self-learning and self-training that was previously unavailable. Distance learning has become increasingly popular in recent years, and the use of computer-assisted learning tools has revolutionized the way we think about education. The goal of education must be to instill in students a desire to learn for themselves, and this can only be achieved through active, self-directed, and reflective learning. With intelligent tutoring systems, students are empowered to take an active role in their own education, rather than simply being passive recipients of information. This book offers practical strategies for teachers to facilitate this transition, enabling them to act as facilitators and guides rather than one-way communicators. By embracing this new approach to education, we can help students become lifelong learners who are equipped with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century. As we cannot predict the future with certainty, the true effects of education may only be revealed in the long run, making it critical to understand the potential consequences of introducing these new learning tools. By exploring these complex topics, this book offers valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in the future of education.