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The noisy brain : stochastic dynamics as a principle of brain function /

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The activity of neurons in the brain is 'noisy' in that their firing times are random when they are firing at a given rate. This book explores randomness in the operation of brain cells showing how it can be advantageous in decision-making, in memory and in many other brain functions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rolls, Edmund T.
Other Authors: Deco, Gustavo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Brain > Localization of functions.
Neurons.
Stochastic processes.
Brain > physiology
Neurons > physiology
Stochastic Processes
Brain Mapping
Neurons
Localisation cérébrale.
Neurones.
Processus stochastiques.
Stochastic processes
Brain > Localization of functions
Gehirn
Nervenzelle
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: neuronal, cortical, and network foundations
  • Stochastic neurodynamics
  • Short-term memory and stochastic dynamics
  • Attention and stochastic dynamics
  • Probabilistic decision-making
  • Confidence and decision-making
  • Perceptual detection and stochastic dynamics
  • Applications of this stochastic dynamical theory to brain function
  • Mean-field analyses, and stochastic dynamics.