Ebook: Brain Theory: Proceedings of the First Trieste Meeting on Brain Theory, October 1–4, 1984

The present collection of papers forms the Proceedings of the First Meeting on Brain Theory, held October 1-4, 1984 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. The Meeting was organized with the aim of bringing together brain theorists who are willing to put their own research in the perspective of the general development of neuroscience. Such a meeting was considered necessary since the explosion of experi­ mental work in neuroscience during the last decades has not been accompanied by an adequate development on the theoretical side. The intensity of the discussions during the Meeting is prob­ ably reflected best in the report of the organizers, reprinted here following the Preface. During the Meeting it was decided that a workshop of this kind should be repeated at regular intervals of approximately 2 years. The International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste has kindly agreed to act as host for future meetings. The present Meeting was supported by grants from the In­ ternational Centre for Theoretical Physics and the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, IBM-Germany through the "Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft" and the Max­ Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Report of the First Meeting on Brain Theory....Pages 1-3
Introduction....Pages 5-5
From Neuron to Assembly: Neuronal Organization and Stimulus Representation....Pages 7-24
From Synchrony to Harmony: Ideas on the Function of Neural Assemblies and on the Interpretation of Neural Synchrony....Pages 25-47
On Information Processing in the Cat’s Visual Cortex....Pages 49-79
Two Views of the Cerebral Cortex....Pages 81-96
EEG Spatial Pattern Differences with Discriminated Odors Manifest Chaotic and Limit Cycle Attractors in Olfactory Bulb of Rabbits....Pages 97-119
Tensor Network Theory of the Central Nervous System and Sensorimotor Modeling....Pages 121-145
Neuronic Equations Revisited and Completely Solved....Pages 147-160
Am I Thinking Assemblies?....Pages 161-176
Trion Model of Cortical Organization: Toward a Theory of Information Processing and Memory....Pages 177-191
Associative Processing in Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence....Pages 193-210
Associative Networks and Cell Assemblies....Pages 211-228
Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts: A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity....Pages 229-230
Donald Hebb: The Organization of Behavior....Pages 231-233
Alan Turing: The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis....Pages 235-236
W.G. Walter: The Living Brain....Pages 237-238
John von Neumann: The Computer and the Brain....Pages 239-240
Eduardo Caianiello: Thought Processes and Thinking Machines....Pages 241-244
Frank Rosenblatt: Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms....Pages 245-248
Wilfrid Rall: Electrophysiology of a Dendritic Neuron Model....Pages 249-251
David Marr: A Theory of the Cerebellar Cortex....Pages 253-257
David Marr: A Theory for Cerebral Neocortex....Pages 259-259

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Report of the First Meeting on Brain Theory....Pages 1-3
Introduction....Pages 5-5
From Neuron to Assembly: Neuronal Organization and Stimulus Representation....Pages 7-24
From Synchrony to Harmony: Ideas on the Function of Neural Assemblies and on the Interpretation of Neural Synchrony....Pages 25-47
On Information Processing in the Cat’s Visual Cortex....Pages 49-79
Two Views of the Cerebral Cortex....Pages 81-96
EEG Spatial Pattern Differences with Discriminated Odors Manifest Chaotic and Limit Cycle Attractors in Olfactory Bulb of Rabbits....Pages 97-119
Tensor Network Theory of the Central Nervous System and Sensorimotor Modeling....Pages 121-145
Neuronic Equations Revisited and Completely Solved....Pages 147-160
Am I Thinking Assemblies?....Pages 161-176
Trion Model of Cortical Organization: Toward a Theory of Information Processing and Memory....Pages 177-191
Associative Processing in Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence....Pages 193-210
Associative Networks and Cell Assemblies....Pages 211-228
Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts: A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity....Pages 229-230
Donald Hebb: The Organization of Behavior....Pages 231-233
Alan Turing: The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis....Pages 235-236
W.G. Walter: The Living Brain....Pages 237-238
John von Neumann: The Computer and the Brain....Pages 239-240
Eduardo Caianiello: Thought Processes and Thinking Machines....Pages 241-244
Frank Rosenblatt: Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms....Pages 245-248
Wilfrid Rall: Electrophysiology of a Dendritic Neuron Model....Pages 249-251
David Marr: A Theory of the Cerebellar Cortex....Pages 253-257
David Marr: A Theory for Cerebral Neocortex....Pages 259-259
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