Brain computation as hierarchical abstraction /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Computational neuroscience
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780262323819 0262323818 0262534126 9780262534123 |
| DOI: | 10.7551/mitpress/9780262028615.001.0001 |