FeaturesMIT Press- Edition: 1st Edition September 1, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0262541858
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0262541855
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Book Dimensions:
9.9 x 7.9 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 2 pounds
Review
"It will not be surprising if this book becomes the standard text for students and researchers entering theoretical neuroscience for years to come."
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M. Brandon Westover,
Philosophical Psychology"Not only does the book set a high standard for theoretical neuroscience, it defines the field."
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Dmitri Chklovskii,
Neuron
Reader Reviews
This book is a detailed overview of the computational modeling of nervous systems from the molecular and cellular level and from the standpoint of human psychophysics and psychology. They divide their conception of modeling into descriptive, mechanistic, and interpretive models. My sole interest was in Part 3, which covers the mathematical modeling of adaptation and learning, so my review will be confined to these chapters. The virtue of this book, and others like it, is the insistence on empirical validation of the models, and not their justification by "thought experiments" and arm-chair reasoning, as is typically done in philosophy.
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