Naomi Goldblum

Brain-Shaped Mind (eBook, PDF)

What the Brain Can Tell Us About the Mind

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Will brain scientists ever be able to read our minds? Why are some things harder to remember than others? Based on recent brain research and neural network modelling, The Brain-Shaped Mind addresses these, and other, questions, and provides a clear account of how the structure of the brain influences the workings of the mind. Neuroscientists are now learning about our minds by examining how the neurones in the brain are connected with one another and the surrounding environment. This book explores how neural networks enable us to recognise objects and learn new things, and what happens when things go wrong. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey into what is arguably one of the most complicated and remarkable aspects of our lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511038228
• Artikelnr.: 38203328

Autorenporträt

Born in New York, Naomi Goldblum was originally educated in mathematics at the Yeshiva University. She later moved to Israel where, at the Hebrew University, she extended her interests to the field of psychology. Her doctorate was entitled 'A psycholinguistic study of the metaphor'. Naomi Goldblum is now a lecturer in psychology at Bar-Ilan University, where she specialises in cognitive psychology, in particular psycholinguistics and the processes involved in creative endeavours.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Figure permissions and acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. What the brain cannot tell us about the mind
3. How neurons form networks
4. Theories and models of how the mind functions
5. What are connectionist networks?
6. How our networks learn
7. Connecting the networks: how different things are related
8. Evidence for connectionist models
9. Two different types of memory
10. Coping with disaster
11. Practical implications
12. Criticism of connectionist theory
Annotated references and suggested readings
Index.