How to Build a Brain: A Neural Architecture for Biological Cognition

by Chris Eliasmith

Book Overview

One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build theoretical models that are able to explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological systems. How to build a brain provides a detailed guided exploration of a new cognitive architecture that takes biological detail seriously, while addressing cognitive phenomena. The Semantic Pointer Architecture (SPA) introduced in this book provides a set of tools...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199794545
• ISBN13: 9780199794546
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"