Overview
- A review of the current theories of the visual cortex and the biological data on which they are based, this book presents a unified computational approach to understanding the structure, development, and function of the visual cortex
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Foundations
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Input-driven Self-organization
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Constructing Visual Function
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Perceptual Grouping
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Evaluation and Future Directions
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"An increasingly important technique used by basic scientists to understand brain development and function is theoretical/computational modeling. … Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex provides a good review of this area, though strongly emphasizing the models developed over the past several years by Miikkulainen’s group in the Computer Science department at the University of Texas. … the book will be a useful reference for researchers interested in theoretical approaches for understanding certain properties of the visual cortex." (Geoffrey J. Goodhill, Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Issue 34, 2006)
"The hardcover book of 24.2×16.3×3 cm size presents a comprehensive, unified computational theory of the visual cortex as a laterally connected self-organizing map … . All chapters are clearly structured and well written. With more than 170 figures, 47 in full color, the chapters are richly illustrated. … The book is written for computational scientists and neuroscientists working in the field of the visual cortex. The book will be a valuable complement to every scientific library." (R. M. Müri, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 245, 2007)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computational Maps in the Visual Cortex
Authors: Risto Miikkulainen, James A. Bednar, Yoonsuck Choe, Joseph Sirosh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28806-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-22024-6Published: 09 August 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1958-8Published: 15 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28806-2Published: 16 January 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 538
Number of Illustrations: 177 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Computer Appl. in Life Sciences