How Brain-like is the Spinal Cord? : Interacting Cell Assemblies in the Nervous System PDF
by Uwe Windhorst
Part of the Studies of Brain Function series
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"Theorizing about brain functions is often considered slightly disreputable and anyhow a waste of time -perhaps even 'philoso- ical'" 1 P.
S. CHURCHLAND At present there are no unanimously accepted general con- cepts of brain operation and function.
This is especially the case with regard to so-called "higher" functions such as per- ception, memory or the coupling between sensory input and motor output.
There are a number of different reasons for this. Some may be related to experimental limitations allowing the simultaneous recording of the activities of only a restricted number of neurones.
But there are also conceptual difficulties hindering the transition from "single-neurone" schemes, in which neurones are assigned relatively specific tasks (such as feature detection), to more complex schemes of nerve cell as- semblies (for a discussion of some of the difficulties see Abeles 1982; von der Malsburg 1981; Kriiger 1983).
Whilst much is known about the basic properties and functions of single neu- rones, whose operations we hope to understand in the foresee- able future, this does not hold true in the same way for the working of large assemblies of neurones.
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