Circuits in the Brain A Model of Shape Processing in the Primary Visual Cortex

Circuits in the Brain A Model of Shape Processing in the Primary Visual Cortex / by Charles Legéndy.

Dr. Charles Legéndy's Circuits in the Brain: A Model of Shape Processing in the Primary Visual Cortex is published at a time marked by unprecedented advances in experimental brain research which are, however, not matched by similar advances in theoretical insight. For this reason, the timing is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Legéndy, Charles (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Neurosciences.
Philosophy.
History.
Neurobiology.
Mathematical physics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Concepts of brain theory
  • Lettvin’s Challenge
  • Issues Concerning the Nature of Neuronal Response
  • “Events” in the Brain
  • Cell Assemblies
  • Surprise, Statistical Inference, and Conceptual Notes
  • A New Term: Ignitions Which “Reach” or “Don’t Reach” a Neuron
  • Confirmation Loops, Powered by Self-Ignitions
  • Communicating “Relatedness” Through Time-Linked Ignitions
  • Relational Firing: Broadcasting a Shape Through Time-Linked Ignitions
  • 2. Contour strings and the contour wave
  • Enter the Contour String
  • Drift of the Retinal Image
  • Theory of the Simple Cell
  • Theory of the Complex Cell
  • Corner Processing: Theory of the Hypercomplex Cell
  • 3. Nodes, links, bridgeheads
  • Nodes on Contour Strings
  • Custom-Made Unstable Networks Made to Support Tracking
  • Why Is the Drifting Retinal Image Helpful in Perception?
  • The Maintenance of Moving Nodes and Bridgeheads
  • 4. Firing games and the integration of contours
  • Making the First Links by Crawling Along a Contour String
  • Using Existing Links to Make New Links on the Same Contour
  • Completing a Triangle of Links
  • All-to-All Linkup on Smaller Shapes, Utilizing Chain Ignitions.

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