Information Processing In The Cortex

Download Information Processing In The Cortex full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Information Processing In The Cortex ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Discovering the Brain

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309045290
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Discovering the Brain by : National Academy of Sciences

Download or read book Discovering the Brain written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."

The Speed of Thought

Author : Martin J. Tovee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783540647089
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Speed of Thought by : Martin J. Tovee

Download or read book The Speed of Thought written by Martin J. Tovee and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-11-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with information processing in the primate temporal visual cortex, one of the higher visual association areas, which is believed to be important for the representation of complex stimuli and may also play a role in visual memory. Here, the need for rapid information processing shapes the functional architecture of all sensory systems, acting to reduce, where possible, wiring length and the number of synapses, to allow faster processing.

The Speed of Thought

Author : Martin James Tovée
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Speed of Thought by : Martin James Tovée

Download or read book The Speed of Thought written by Martin James Tovée and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with information processing in the primate temporal visual cortex, one of the higher visual association areas, which is believed to be important for the representation of complex stimuli and may also play a role in visual memory. Here, the need for rapid information processing shapes the functional architecture of all sensory systems, acting to reduce, where possible, wiring length and the number of synapses, to allow faster processing.

Information Processing in the Cortex

Author : Ad Aertsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642499678
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Processing in the Cortex by : Ad Aertsen

Download or read book Information Processing in the Cortex written by Ad Aertsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a tradition of theoretical brain science which started in the forties (Wiener, McCulloch, Turing, Craik, Hebb). This was continued by a small number of people without interruption up to the present. It has definitely provided main guiding lines for brain science, the devel opment of which has been spectacular in the last decades. However, within the bulk of experimental neuroscience, the theoreticians some times had a difficult stand, since it was felt that the times were not ripe yet and the methods not yet available for a development of a true theoretical speciality in this field. Thus theory remained in the hands of a fairly small club which recruited its members from theoretical physicists, mathematicians and some experimentalists with amateurish theoretical leanings. The boom of approaches which go by the name of 'computational neuroscience', 'neuronal networks', 'associative mem ory', 'spinglass theory', 'parallel processing' etc. should not blind one for the fact that the group of people professionally interested in real istic models of brain function up to the present date remains rather small and suffers from a lack of professional organization. It was against this background that we decided to organize a meet ing on Theoretical Brain Science. The meeting was held April 18 - 20, 1990 and took place at Schloss Ringberg, West-Germany, a facility sponsored by the Max-Planck-Society.

Human Information Processing

Author : Peter H. Lindsay
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483258238
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Human Information Processing by : Peter H. Lindsay

Download or read book Human Information Processing written by Peter H. Lindsay and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology, Second Edition, was written to reflect recent developments, as well as anticipate new directions, in this flourishing field. The ideas of human information processing are relevant to all human activities, most especially those of human interactions. The book discusses all the traditional areas and then goes beyond: consciousness, states of awareness, multiple levels of processing (and of awareness), interpersonal communication, emotion, and stress. The book begins with an introduction to some of the more interesting phenomena of perception and poses some of the puzzles faced by those who would attempt to unravel the structures. Separate chapters cover the systems of most interest for human communication: the visual system and the auditory system; the structure of the nervous system; and the systems of memory: sensory information storage, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Subsequent chapters deal with the different aspects of memory, including show how memory is used in thought, in language, and in decision making. Also examined are the neurological basis of memory and the representation of knowledge within memory.

Quantifying Human Information Processing

Author : Dennis K. McBride
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739112014
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Quantifying Human Information Processing by : Dennis K. McBride

Download or read book Quantifying Human Information Processing written by Dennis K. McBride and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid advances in IT that allow complex information to be presented in high volume and density are challenging human ability to absorb and analyze data as never before. Designing technologies and systems to provide optimal sensory information to human users will be increasingly important. Led by experts in psychology, cognitive science, and information processing, among other fields, researchers sought to quantify the information flow in the nervous system, the limits of that flow, and how it is affected by emotions. The researchers found important indicators of both the capacity and limits of the human brain, and offer new ways to think about the brain.

Computational Models of Brain and Behavior

Author : Ahmed A. Moustafa
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119159067
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Computational Models of Brain and Behavior by : Ahmed A. Moustafa

Download or read book Computational Models of Brain and Behavior written by Ahmed A. Moustafa and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive Introduction to the world of brain and behavior computational models This book provides a broad collection of articles covering different aspects of computational modeling efforts in psychology and neuroscience. Specifically, it discusses models that span different brain regions (hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia, visual cortex), different species (humans, rats, fruit flies), and different modeling methods (neural network, Bayesian, reinforcement learning, data fitting, and Hodgkin-Huxley models, among others). Computational Models of Brain and Behavior is divided into four sections: (a) Models of brain disorders; (b) Neural models of behavioral processes; (c) Models of neural processes, brain regions and neurotransmitters, and (d) Neural modeling approaches. It provides in-depth coverage of models of psychiatric disorders, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and dyslexia; models of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy; early sensory and perceptual processes; models of olfaction; higher/systems level models and low-level models; Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning; linking information theory to neurobiology; and more. Covers computational approximations to intellectual disability in down syndrome Discusses computational models of pharmacological and immunological treatment in Alzheimer's disease Examines neural circuit models of serotonergic system (from microcircuits to cognition) Educates on information theory, memory, prediction, and timing in associative learning Computational Models of Brain and Behavior is written for advanced undergraduate, Master's and PhD-level students—as well as researchers involved in computational neuroscience modeling research.

The Auditory Cortex

Author : Jeffery A. Winer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441900748
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Auditory Cortex by : Jeffery A. Winer

Download or read book The Auditory Cortex written by Jeffery A. Winer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been substantial progress in understanding the contributions of the auditory forebrain to hearing, sound localization, communication, emotive behavior, and cognition. The Auditory Cortex covers the latest knowledge about the auditory forebrain, including the auditory cortex as well as the medial geniculate body in the thalamus. This book will cover all important aspects of the auditory forebrain organization and function, integrating the auditory thalamus and cortex into a smooth, coherent whole. Volume One covers basic auditory neuroscience. It complements The Auditory Cortex, Volume 2: Integrative Neuroscience, which takes a more applied/clinical perspective.

Advances in the Modularity of Vision

Author :
Publisher : National Academies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Advances in the Modularity of Vision by :

Download or read book Advances in the Modularity of Vision written by and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1990 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Auditory Information Processing

Author : Harunori Ohmori
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813297131
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Auditory Information Processing by : Harunori Ohmori

Download or read book Auditory Information Processing written by Harunori Ohmori and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains neural function at the level of ion channels and membrane excitability in neurons along the ascending auditory pathway. Airborne sound information is captured by the ears, transformed to neural electrical signals, and then processed in the brain. Readers will find full descriptions of these processes of signal transduction and transformation. First, it is described how, at the level of hair cells, the receptor cells in the cochlea, the sound-evoked vibration is transduced to electrical signals and transmitted to the auditory nerve fibers. In the second section it is explained how the electrical activity of these fibers is processed at the cochlear nucleus in order to extract the temporal and level information of sound separately and then transmitted to the third nucleus for processing of the interaural differences, such as the interaural time difference and the interaural level difference. The third section summarizes the transformation of auditory temporal information to the rate of neural firing activity in the midbrain and the higher nuclei, including the cortex, based on in vivo results. Finally, emerging new technologies to investigate auditory signal processing are reviewed and discussed.

Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science

Author : Richard G.M. Morris
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080458262
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science by : Richard G.M. Morris

Download or read book Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science written by Richard G.M. Morris and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science presents an overview of the exciting, truly multidisciplinary research by neuroscientists and systems engineers in the emerging field of cognitive systems, providing a cross-disciplinary examination of this cutting-edge area of scientific research. This is a great example of where research in very different disciplines touches to create a new emerging area of research. The book illustrates some of the technical developments that could arise from our growing understanding of how living cognitive systems behave, and the ability to use that knowledge in the design of artificial systems. This unique book is of considerable interest to researchers and students in information science, neuroscience, psychology, engineering and adjacent fields. Represents a remarkable collection of relevant experts from both the life sciences and computer science Includes state-of-the-art reviews of topics in cognitive systems from both a life sciences and a computer science perspective Discusses the impact of this research on our lives in the near future

Toward Brain-computer Interfacing

Author : Guido Dornhege
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262042444
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Toward Brain-computer Interfacing by : Guido Dornhege

Download or read book Toward Brain-computer Interfacing written by Guido Dornhege and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a timely overview of the latest BCI research, with contributions from many of the important research groups in the field.

Information Processing by the Brain

Author : Hans J. Markowitsch
Publisher : Toronto ; Lewiston, N.Y. : Huber
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Processing by the Brain by : Hans J. Markowitsch

Download or read book Information Processing by the Brain written by Hans J. Markowitsch and published by Toronto ; Lewiston, N.Y. : Huber. This book was released on 1988 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text focuses on various aspects of how information is encoded, stored and retrieved in higher organisms, including humans. Chapters dealing with physiological perspectives cover changes in neuronal tissues and transmitters, and those with a cognitive approach address more complex actions.

Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations

Author : John DeLuca
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134954662
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations by : John DeLuca

Download or read book Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations written by John DeLuca and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although investigated for over 100 years, it is only now that we are beginning to understand how speed of information processing is affected in various clinical populations. Processing speed has a major impact on higher level cognitive abilities and is extremely vulnerable to neurological insult and the aging process. The importance of processing speed with respect to brain function, cognition and overall quality of life is now the focus of a new and exciting body of research in clinical populations. This book provides a scholarly and clinically sensitive review of research on processing speed and its issues in clinical populations. Readers will come away with an in-depth understanding of human information processing speed including its historical development, its relationship to other cognitive functions, the developmental course of the ability across the lifespan, and its impact on everyday life in various clinical populations. Other highlights of the text are its discussion of the speed vs. accuracy trade-off, tools available for measuring processing speed, the unfolding research on genetic contributions to processing speed, and the latest ideas in rehabilitation. With contributing authors who are experts in their fields, Information Processing Speed in Clinical Populations represents a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and clinicians by providing a concise summary of the existing research on processing speed across an array of disciplines and populations.

Models of Information Processing in the Basal Ganglia

Author : James C. Houk
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262082341
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (823 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Models of Information Processing in the Basal Ganglia by : James C. Houk

Download or read book Models of Information Processing in the Basal Ganglia written by James C. Houk and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the biology and computational features of the basal ganglia and their related cortical areas along with select examples of how this knowledge can be integrated into neural network models. Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion of knowledge about the anatomical organization of the part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, the signal processing that occurs in these structures, and the many relations both to molecular mechanisms and to cognitive functions. This book brings together the biology and computational features of the basal ganglia and their related cortical areas along with select examples of how this knowledge can be integrated into neural network models. Organized in four parts - fundamentals, motor functions and working memories, reward mechanisms, and cognitive and memory operations - the chapters present a unique admixture of theory, cognitive psychology, anatomy, and both cellular- and systems- level physiology written by experts in each of these areas. The editors have provided commentaries as a helpful guide to each part. Many new discoveries about the biology of the basal ganglia are summarized, and their impact on the computational role of the forebrain in the planning and control of complex motor behaviors discussed. The various findings point toward an unexpected role for the basal ganglia in the contextual analysis of the environment and in the adaptive use of this information for the planning and execution of intelligent behaviors. Parallels are explored between these findings and new connectionist approaches to difficult control problems in robotics and engineering. Contributors James L. Adams, P. Apicella, Michael Arbib, Dana H. Ballard, Andrew G. Barto, J. Brian Burns, Christopher I. Connolly, Peter F. Dominey, Richard P. Dum, John Gabrieli, M. Garcia-Munoz, Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic, Ann M. Graybiel, P. M. Groves, Mary M. Hayhoe, J. R. Hollerman, George Houghton, James C. Houk, Stephen Jackson, Minoru Kimura, A. B. Kirillov, Rolf Kotter, J. C. Linder, T. Ljungberg, M. S. Manley, M. E. Martone, J. Mirenowicz, C. D. Myre, Jeff Pelz, Nathalie Picard, R. Romo, S. F. Sawyer, E Scarnat, Wolfram Schultz, Peter L. Strick, Charles J. Wilson, Jeff Wickens, Donald J. Woodward, S. J. Young

Neuronal Information Processing

Author : G Burdet
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981449514X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Neuronal Information Processing by : G Burdet

Download or read book Neuronal Information Processing written by G Burdet and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-05-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent developments in the neurosciences have considerably modified our knowledge of both the operating modes of neurons and information processing in the cortex. Multi-unit recordings have enabled temporal correlations to be detected, within temporal windows of the order of 1ms. Oscillations corresponding to a quasi-periodic spike-giving, synchronized over several visual cortical areas, have been observed in anaesthesized cats and monkeys. Recent studies have also focused on the role played by the dendritic arborization. These developments have led to considerable interest in a coding scheme which relies on precise spatio-temporal patterns from both the theoretical and experimental points of view. This prompts us to look into new models for information processing which will proceed, for example, from a synchronous detection of correlated spike giving, and is particularly robust against noise. Such models could bring about original technical applications for information processing and control. Further developments in this field may be of major importance for our understanding of the basic mechanisms of perception and cognition. They could also lead to new concepts in applications directed towards artificial perception and pattern recognition. Up to now, artificial systems for pattern recognition are far from reaching the standards of human vision. Systems based on a temporal coding by spikes may now be expected to bring about major improvements in this field. This book covers the lectures delivered at a summer school on neuronal information processing. It includes information on all the above-mentioned developments, and also provides the reader with the state-of-the-art in every relevant field, including the neurosciences, physics, mathematics, and information and control theory. Contents: Temporal Coding With and Without Clocks (R Lestienne)Modeling Synfire Networks (J A Hertz)Neuronal Decoding of Temporal Signal (O Parodi)Algorithms for the Detection of Connectedness and Their Neural Implementation (P R Roelfsema et al.)From Complex Signal to Adapted Behavior. A Theoretical Approach of the Honeybee Olfactory Brain (B Quenet et al.)Reducing the Complexity of Neural Nets for Industrial Applications and Biological Models (G Dreyfus)Positive Regulation Circuits and Memory (J Demongeot)Sensory Coding: Information Maximization and Redundancy Reduction (J-P Nadal & N Parga)Learning: A Geometrical Approach (G Burdet et al.) Readership: Students and researchers in neural networks and artificial intelligence. Keywords:Neuroscience;Information Processing;Dendritic Arborization;Perception;Cognition;Pattern Recognition;Control Theory;Neural Nets;Sensory Coding;Temporal Coding

From Neurons to Neighborhoods

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309069882
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis From Neurons to Neighborhoods by : National Research Council

Download or read book From Neurons to Neighborhoods written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-13 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.