Circuits in the Brain : A Model of Shape Processing in the Primary Visual Cortex /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Concepts of brain theory
- Lettvin's Challenge
- Issues Concerning the Nature of Neuronal Response
- "Events" in the Brain
- Cell Assemblies
- Surprise, Statistical Inference, and Conceptual Notes
- A New Term: Ignitions Which "Reach" or "Don't Reach" a Neuron
- Confirmation Loops, Powered by Self-Ignitions
- Communicating "Relatedness" Through Time-Linked Ignitions
- Relational Firing: Broadcasting a Shape Through Time-Linked Ignitions
- 2. Contour strings and the contour wave
- Enter the Contour String
- Drift of the Retinal Image
- Theory of the Simple Cell
- Theory of the Complex Cell
- Corner Processing: Theory of the Hypercomplex Cell
- 3. Nodes, links, bridgeheads
- Nodes on Contour Strings
- Custom-Made Unstable Networks Made to Support Tracking
- Why Is the Drifting Retinal Image Helpful in Perception?
- The Maintenance of Moving Nodes and Bridgeheads
- 4. Firing games and the integration of contours
- Making the First Links by Crawling Along a Contour String
- Using Existing Links to Make New Links on the Same Contour
- Completing a Triangle of Links
- All-to-All Linkup on Smaller Shapes, Utilizing Chain Ignitions.