Neurobiological

by Pamela A. Jackson (Editor), Andrea A. Chiba (Editor), Robert F. Berman (Editor), Michael E. Ragozzino (Editor)
Provides contemporary findings and theoretical perspectives on neurobiology of memory
Gives comprehensive information on how various brain systems contribute to memory
Elucidates the different brain systems that process mnemonic information
Emphasizes the importance of studying memory both in animals and humans

Consciousness is the major unsolved problem in biology. How do the elemental feelings and sensations making up conscious experience, the redness of red and painfulness of pain, arise from the concerted actions of nerve cells and their associated synaptic and molecular processes?

For years, researchers have used the theoretical tools of engineering to understand neural systems, but much of this work has been conducted in relative isolation. In Neural Engineering, Chris Eliasmith and Charles Anderson provide a synthesis of the disparate approaches current in computational neuroscience, incorporating ideas from neural coding, neural computation, physiology, communications theory, control theory, dynamics, and probability theory. This synthesis, they argue, enables novel theoretical and practical insights into the functioning of neural systems. Such insights are pertinent to experimental and computational neuroscientists and to engineers, physicists, and computer scientists interested in how their quantitative tools relate to the brain.