Information Theory and the Brain [Paperback]

This book deals with information theory, a new and expanding area of neuroscience which provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing.Information Theory and the Brain deals with a new and expanding area of neuroscience which provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing. It is derived from a conference held in Newquay, UK, where a handful of scientists from around the world met to discuss the topic. The book begins with an introduction to the basic concepts on information theory, and then illustrates these concepts with examples from research over the last 40 years.Graduate students and researchers in neuroscience will be interested as well as computer scientists and cognitive scientists. Neuroscientists interested in any aspect of neural networks or information processing will find this a very useful addition to the current literature.Information Theory and the Brain deals with a new and expanding area of neuroscience which provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing. It is derived from a conference held in Newquay, UK, where a handful of scientists from around the world met to discuss the topic. The book begins with an introduction to the basic concepts on information theory, and then illustrates these concepts with examples from research over the last 40 years.Graduate students and researchers in neuroscience will be interested as well as computer scientists and cognitive scientists. Neuroscientists interested in any aspect of neural networks or information processing will find this a very useful addition to the current literature.Information Theory and the Brain deals with a new and expanding area of neuroscience that provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing. This framework is derived from a conference held in Newquay, UK, where a group of scientists from around the world met to discuss the topic. This book begins with an introduction to the basic concepts of information theory and then illustrateslS