ISBN-13: 9780198524328 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 432 str.
This book describes the types of computation that can be performed by biologically plausible neural networks and shows how they may be imple mented in different systems of the brain. It is structured in three se ctions, each of which addresses a different need. The first introduces and analyzes the operation of several fundamental types of neural net works. The second discusses real neural networks in several brain syst ems, and shows how it is becoming possible to construct theories about the way different parts of the brain work. This section also offers a n indication of the various neuroscience and neurocomputation techniqu es that will need to be combined to ensure further progress in underst anding the mechanism of processes in the brain. The third section, a c ollection of appendices. introduces the formal quantitative approaches to many of the networks described.