Memory and the Computational Brain
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Memory and the Computational Brain

Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience

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eBook - ePub

Memory and the Computational Brain

Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience

About this book

Memory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory over the course of the last several decades.

  • A provocative argument that impacts across the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, suggesting new perspectives on learning mechanisms in the brain
  • Proposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory
  • Suggests that the architecture of the brain is structured precisely for learning and for memory, and integrates the concept of an addressable read/write memory mechanism into the foundations of neuroscience
  • Based on lectures in the prestigious Blackwell-Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, and now significantly reworked and expanded to make it ideal for students and faculty

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Yes, you can access Memory and the Computational Brain by C. R. Gallistel,Adam Philip King in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Preface
  5. 1: Information
  6. 2: Bayesian Updating
  7. 3: Functions
  8. 4: Representations
  9. 5: Symbols
  10. 6: Procedures
  11. 7: Computation
  12. 8: Architectures
  13. 9: Data Structures
  14. 10: Computing with Neurons
  15. 11: The Nature of Learning
  16. 12: Learning Time and Space
  17. 13: The Modularity of Learning
  18. 14: Dead Reckoning in a Neural Network
  19. 15: Nural Models of Interval Timing
  20. 16: The Molecular Basis of Memory
  21. References
  22. Glossary
  23. Index