國立虎尾科技大學 |

Models of the mind = how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Models of the mind/ Grace Lindsay.
Reminder of title:	how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /
Author:	Lindsay, Grace.
Published:	London ;Bloomsbury Sigma, : 2021.,
Description:	1 online resource (400 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Computational neuroscience. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472966445?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
ISBN:	9781472966445

Models of the mind = how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /
Lindsay, Grace.

Models of the mindhow physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /[electronic resource] :Grace Lindsay. - First edition. - London ;Bloomsbury Sigma,2021. - 1 online resource (400 p.) :ill. - Bloomsbury sigma series. - Bloomsbury sigma series..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spherical cows -- How neurons got their spike -- Learning to compute -- Making and maintaining memories -- Excitation and inhibition -- Stages of sight -- Cracking the neural code -- Movement in low dimensions -- From structure to function -- Making rational decisions -- How rewards guide actions -- Grand unified theories of the brain.

"The human brain is made up of 85 billion neurons, which are connected by over 100 trillion synapses. For more than a century, a diverse array of researchers searched for a language that could be used to capture the essence of what these neurons do and how they communicate - and how those communications create thoughts, perceptions and actions. The language they were looking for was mathematics, and we would not be able to understand the brain as we do today without it. In Models of the Mind , author and computational neuroscientist Grace Lindsay explains how mathematical models have allowed scientists to understand and describe many of the brain's processes, including decision-making, sensory processing, quantifying memory, and more. She introduces readers to the most important concepts in modern neuroscience, and highlights the tensions that arise when the abstract world of mathematical modelling collides with the messy details of biology. Each chapter of Models of the Mind focuses on mathematical tools that have been applied in a particular area of neuroscience, progressing from the simplest building block of the brain - the individual neuron - through to circuits of interacting neurons, whole brain areas and even the behaviours that brains command. In addition, Grace examines the history of the field, starting with experiments done on frog legs in the late eighteenth century and building to the large models of artificial neural networks that form the basis of modern artificial intelligence. Throughout, she reveals the value of using the elegant language of mathematics to describe the machinery of neuroscience."--

ISBN: 9781472966445Subjects--Topical Terms:

581378
Computational neuroscience.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QP360.5 / .L56 2021eb

Dewey Class. No.: 612.8233

Models of the mind = how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /
LDR:03032nam a2200289 a 4500 001 1169725
006 m o d
007 cr nn |||muauu
008 260128s2021 enka ob 101 0 eng d
020 $a 9781472966445 $q (ebook)
020 $a 9781472966452 $q (ePub ebook)
020 $z 9781472966421 $q (hardback)
020 $z 9781472966438 $q (paperback)
035 $a (OCoLC)1240720198
035 $a BP9781472966445BC
040 $a YDX $b eng $c CaBNVSL $d CaBNVSL
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a QP360.5 $b .L56 2021eb
082 0 4 $a 612.8233 $2 23
100 1 $a Lindsay, Grace. $3 1500271
245 1 0 $a Models of the mind $h [electronic resource] : $b how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain / $c Grace Lindsay.
250 $a First edition.
260 $a London ; $a New York : $b Bloomsbury Sigma, $c 2021.
300 $a 1 online resource (400 p.) : $b ill.
490 1 $a Bloomsbury sigma series
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a Spherical cows -- How neurons got their spike -- Learning to compute -- Making and maintaining memories -- Excitation and inhibition -- Stages of sight -- Cracking the neural code -- Movement in low dimensions -- From structure to function -- Making rational decisions -- How rewards guide actions -- Grand unified theories of the brain.
520 $a "The human brain is made up of 85 billion neurons, which are connected by over 100 trillion synapses. For more than a century, a diverse array of researchers searched for a language that could be used to capture the essence of what these neurons do and how they communicate - and how those communications create thoughts, perceptions and actions. The language they were looking for was mathematics, and we would not be able to understand the brain as we do today without it. In Models of the Mind , author and computational neuroscientist Grace Lindsay explains how mathematical models have allowed scientists to understand and describe many of the brain's processes, including decision-making, sensory processing, quantifying memory, and more. She introduces readers to the most important concepts in modern neuroscience, and highlights the tensions that arise when the abstract world of mathematical modelling collides with the messy details of biology. Each chapter of Models of the Mind focuses on mathematical tools that have been applied in a particular area of neuroscience, progressing from the simplest building block of the brain - the individual neuron - through to circuits of interacting neurons, whole brain areas and even the behaviours that brains command. In addition, Grace examines the history of the field, starting with experiments done on frog legs in the late eighteenth century and building to the large models of artificial neural networks that form the basis of modern artificial intelligence. Throughout, she reveals the value of using the elegant language of mathematics to describe the machinery of neuroscience."-- $c Provided by publisher.
650 0 $a Computational neuroscience. $3 581378
650 0 $a Brain $x Mathematical models. $3 907736
650 7 $a Mathematical modelling $2 bicssc $3 1500273
655 4 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
830 0 $a Bloomsbury sigma series. $3 1500272
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472966445?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections