How to build a brain : a neural architecture for biological cognition /

How to build a brain : a neural architecture for biological cognition /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Eliasmith, Chris, author.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 456 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford series on cognitive models and architectures Oxford series on cognitive models and architectures.
Subject:	Brain. Neural circuitry. Neural networks (Neurobiology) Cognition. MEDICAL -- Neuroscience. PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology. Brain. Cognition. Neural circuitry. Neural networks (Neurobiology) Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12014163

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ISBN:	9780199794690 0199794693 9780199345236 0199345236 1299708781 9781299708785 9780199794546 0199794545
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-445) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build theoretical models that are able to explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological systems. How to build a brain provides a detailed guided exploration of a new cognitive architecture that takes biological detail seriously, while addressing cognitive phenomena. The Semantic Pointer Architecture (SPA) introduced in this book provides a set of tools for constructing a wide range of biologically constrained perceptual, cognitive, and motor models. Examples of such models are provided, and they are shown to explain a wide range of data including single cell recordings, neural population activity, reaction times, error rates, choice behavior, and fMRI signals. Each of these models introduces a major feature of biological cognition addressed in the book, including semantics, syntax, control, learning, and memory. These models are not introduced as independent considerations of brain function, but instead integrated to give rise to what is currently the world's largest functional brain model. Along the way, the book considers neural coding, concept representation, neural dynamics, working memory, neuroanatomy, reinforcement learning, and spike-timing dependent plasticity. The book includes 8 detailed, hands-on tutorials exploiting the free Nengo neural simulation environment, providing practical experience with the concepts and models presented throughout.
Other form:	Print version: Eliasmith, Chris. How to build a brain. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199794546