Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction

by Dana H. Ballard

Book Overview

An argument that the complexities of brain function can be understood hierarchically, in terms of different levels of abstraction, as silicon computing is.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262534126
• ISBN13: 9780262534123
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher