Microcosms of the Brain

What Sensorimotor Systems Reveal About the Mind
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-850735-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten

How can we understand a system as intricate as the human brain? This book presents an innovative approach to understanding this incredibly complex organ, arguing that the key lies in the sensorimotor systems - those that gather sensory data, such as light and sound, and use them to control action.

How can we understand a system as intricate as the human brain? This book presents an innovative approach to understanding this incredibly complex organ. It argues that the key to understanding brain function lies in the sensorimotor systems - those that

1. Brain of darkness; 2. Guide to the interior; 3. On the shoulders of computers; 4. Genome for a network; 5. The adaptive brain; 6. Unfolding in time; 7. Brains and brawn; 8. Thoughts running in circles; 9. Degrees of freedom; 10. The flow of information; 11. Inference; 12. The search for more intelligent life

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tweed, Douglas

Über Autor(innen)

(Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada)