Information Theory and the Brain

Information Theory and the Brain
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2008-12
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780521087865
定价: 548.20
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 360页
正文语种: 英语
  • InformationTheoryandtheBraindealswithanexpandingareaofneurosciencewhichprovidesaframeworkforunderstandingneuronalprocessing.ItisderivedfromaconferenceheldinNewquay,UK,whereaselectgroupofscientistsfromaroundtheworldmettodiscussthetopic.Thisbookbeginswithanintroductiontothebasicconceptsofinformationtheoryandthenillustratestheseconceptswithexamplesfromresearchover40years.Throughoutthebook,thecontributorshighlightcurrentresearchfromfourdifferentareas:1)biologicalnetworks,2)informationtheoryandartificialnetworks,3)informationtheoryandpsychology,4)formalanalysis.Eachsectionincludesanintroductionandglossarycoveringbasicconcepts.Thisbookwillappealtograduatestudentsandresearchersinneuroscienceaswellascomputerscientistsandcognitivescientists.Neuroscientistsinterestedinanyaspectofneuralnetworksorinformationprocessingwillfindthisaveryusefuladditiontothecurrentliteratureinthisrapidlygrowingfield.
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    InformationTheoryandtheBraindealswithanexpandingareaofneurosciencewhichprovidesaframeworkforunderstandingneuronalprocessing.ItisderivedfromaconferenceheldinNewquay,UK,whereaselectgroupofscientistsfromaroundtheworldmettodiscussthetopic.Thisbookbeginswithanintroductiontothebasicconceptsofinformationtheoryandthenillustratestheseconceptswithexamplesfromresearchover40years.Throughoutthebook,thecontributorshighlightcurrentresearchfromfourdifferentareas:1)biologicalnetworks,2)informationtheoryandartificialnetworks,3)informationtheoryandpsychology,4)formalanalysis.Eachsectionincludesanintroductionandglossarycoveringbasicconcepts.Thisbookwillappealtograduatestudentsandresearchersinneuroscienceaswellascomputerscientistsandcognitivescientists.Neuroscientistsinterestedinanyaspectofneuralnetworksorinformationprocessingwillfindthisaveryusefuladditiontothecurrentliteratureinthisrapidlygrowingfield.
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