The Mind, The Brain And Complex Adaptive Systems / Edition 1

by Harold J. Morowitz

Overview

Based upon a conference held in May 1993, this book discusses the intersection of neurobiology, cognitive psychology and computational approaches to cognition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780201409864
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Santa Fe Institute Series , #22
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

About the Santa Fe Institute , Santa Fe Institute Editorial Board June 1993 , Santa Fe Institute Series List , Preface , Mental Processes and Brain Architecture: Confronting the Complex Adaptive Systems of Human Thought (An Overview) , Complex Adaptive Systems , Near Decomposability and Complexity: How a Mind Resides in a Brain , Can There Be a Unified Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems? , Neurobiology of Mental Representation , The Organization of Memory , Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything About Consciousness? , The Rediscovery of the Unconscious , Affect and Neuro-Modulation: A Connectionist Approach , Thinking Away and Ahead , Natural Learning, Natural Teaching: Changing Human Memory , Does Mind Piggyback on Robotic and Symbolic Capacity? , Evolution as An Algorithm—The Ultimate Insult?

Editorial Reviews

From a May 1993 conference at George Mason University, 13 papers discuss the relationship between the mind and the brain within the evolving framework of complex adaptive systems. Among the topics are the neurobiology of mental representation, the brain architecture that bears on the organization of human memory, and the possibility of formulating a parallel distributed process computer simulation of daydreaming and nightdreaming. By and for scientists in a broad range of disciplines, and so assumes no particular specialty. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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