Brain computation as hierarchical abstraction / Dana H. Ballard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ballard, Dana H. (Dana Harry), 1946- author.

Series:

Computational neuroscience.

Computational neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computational neuroscience.

Neurobiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]

Summary:

The vast differences between the brain's neural circuitry and a computer's silicon circuitry might suggest that they have nothing in common. In fact, as Dana Ballard argues in this book, computational tools are essential for understanding brain function. Ballard shows that the hierarchical organisation of the brain has many parallels with the hierarchical organisation of computing; as in silicon computing, the complexities of brain computation can be dramatically simplified when its computation is factored into different levels of abstraction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32382-6

0-262-53412-6

0-262-32381-8

OCLC:

904398428