Lindsay, Grace

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.

978-1-4729-6643-8


BRAIN--MATHEMATICAL MODELS
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

GC QP 360.5 L56 2022