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In order to understand how the brain works, it is essential to know what is computed by different brain systems, and how those computations are performed. 'Brain Computations' elucidates what is computed in different brain systems and describes current computational approaches and models o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rolls, Edmund T. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Brain.
Brain > Localization of functions.
Brain
Brain Mapping
Cerveau.
Localisation cérébrale.
brains.
Brain > Localization of functions
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The ventral visual system
  • 3 The dorsal visual system
  • 4 The taste and flavour system
  • 5 The olfactory system
  • 6 The somatosensory system
  • 7 The auditory system
  • 8 The temporal cortex
  • 9 The hippocampus, memory, and spatial function
  • 10 The parietal cortex, spatial functions, and navigation
  • 11 The orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, reward value, and emotion
  • 12 The cingulate cortex
  • 13 The motor cortical areas
  • 14 The basal ganglia
  • 15 Cerebellar cortex
  • 16 The prefrontal cortex
  • 17 Language and syntax in the brain
  • 18 Cortical attractor dynamics and connectivity, stochasticity, psychiatric disorders, and aging
  • 19 Computations by different types of brain, and by artificial neural systems.