Models of the mind : how physics, engineering and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain /
Grace Lindsay
- London : Bloomsbury Sigma, c2021.
- 400 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Spherical cows -- How neurons got their spike -- Learning to compute -- Making and maintaining memories -- Excitation and inhibition -- Stages of sight -- Cracking the neural code -- Movement in low dimensions -- From structure to function -- Making rational decisions -- How rewards guide actions -- Grand unified theories of the brain -- Mathematical appendix -- Acknowledgement -- Bibliography -- Index.