Memory and the Computational Brain : Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience Paperback / softback
by C. R. (Rutgers University) Gallistel, Adam Philip (Fairfield University) King
Part of the Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition series
Paperback / softback
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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 brainProposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theorySuggests 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 neuroscienceBased 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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2009
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- ISBN:9781405122887
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:31/03/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405122887
