Neuronal Operations In The Visual Cortex

Author : G.A. Orban
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 382 pages
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Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642464690

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Neuronal Operations in the Visual Cortex by G.A. Orban Pdf

The invitation by the editors of the series "studies of brain function" to contribute a monograph on the visual cortex gives me the opportunity to present in a concentrated manner much of the work I have done on the visual cortical areas of cat and monkey. However, the field of visual cortical physi ology is so active and so diverse that the presentation of only my own work would have given a very incomplete view of visual cortical functioning. Therefore this monograph also reviews most of the studies carried out on the subject in the last two decades. Where possible I have tried not only to describe the cortical machinery but also its possible functional purpose regarding vision. In doing this I have expressed my personal views rather than just reviewing the experimental facts. Much of the work presented in this monograph has been supported by the National Research Council of Belgium and the Research Council of the Catholic University of Leuven. I express my gratitude to them. I have en joyed collaborating in these studies with P. O. Bishop, H. Kato, H. Kennedy, K. P. Hoffmann, H. Maes, J. Duysens, E. Vandenbussche, and H. van der Glas. I am much indebted to all those who have commented on earlier versions of this monograph: J. Allman, H. Barlow, J. BuBier, M. Callens, J. Duysens, O. J. Griisser, P. Heggelund, H. Kennedy, L. C. Orban and L. Palmer.

Author : G a Orban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
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Release : 1984-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 364246470X

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Neuronal Operations in the Visual Cortex by G a Orban Pdf

Author : Stephane Molotchnikoff,Jean Rouat
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789535107606

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Visual Cortex by Stephane Molotchnikoff,Jean Rouat Pdf

The neurosciences have experienced tremendous and wonderful progress in many areas, and the spectrum encompassing the neurosciences is expansive. Suffice it to mention a few classical fields: electrophysiology, genetics, physics, computer sciences, and more recently, social and marketing neurosciences. Of course, this large growth resulted in the production of many books. Perhaps the visual system and the visual cortex were in the vanguard because most animals do not produce their own light and offer thus the invaluable advantage of allowing investigators to conduct experiments in full control of the stimulus. In addition, the fascinating evolution of scientific techniques, the immense productivity of recent research, and the ensuing literature make it virtually impossible to publish in a single volume all worthwhile work accomplished throughout the scientific world. The days when a single individual, as Diderot, could undertake the production of an encyclopedia are gone forever. Indeed most approaches to studying the nervous system are valid and neuroscientists produce an almost astronomical number of interesting data accompanied by extremely worthy hypotheses which in turn generate new ventures in search of brain functions. Yet, it is fully justified to make an encore and to publish a book dedicated to visual cortex and beyond. Many reasons validate a book assembling chapters written by active researchers. Each has the opportunity to bind together data and explore original ideas whose fate will not fall into the hands of uncompromising reviewers of traditional journals. This book focuses on the cerebral cortex with a large emphasis on vision. Yet it offers the reader diverse approaches employed to investigate the brain, for instance, computer simulation, cellular responses, or rivalry between various targets and goal directed actions. This volume thus covers a large spectrum of research even though it is impossible to include all topics in the extremely diverse field of neurosciences.

Author : Bertram Payne,Alan Peters
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 725 pages
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Release : 2001-11-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780080525327

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The Cat Primary Visual Cortex by Bertram Payne,Alan Peters Pdf

Written by experts on the forefront of investigations of brain function, vision, and perception, the material presented is of an unparalleled scientific quality, and shows that analyses of enormous breadth and sophistication are required to probe the structure and function of brain regions. The articles are highly persuasive in showing what can be achieved by carrying out careful and imaginative experiments. The Cat Primary Visual Cortex should emerge as essential reading for all those interested in cerebral cortical processing of visual signals or researching or working in any field of vision. Comprehensive account of cat primary visual cortex Generous use of illustrations including color Covers research from structure to connections to functions Chapters by leaders in the field Topics presneted on multiple, compatible levels

Author : T. Philip Hicks,S. Molotchnikoff,Taketoshi Ono
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780444894922

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The Visually Responsive Neuron by T. Philip Hicks,S. Molotchnikoff,Taketoshi Ono Pdf

This timely new volume presents broad-based and wide-ranging contributions on all aspects of vision. The material is grouped for presentation in a logical fashion in five main themes: peripheral processing; sensory integration in superior colliculus; organization of visual projections; development and plasticity; and neuronal encoding and visually guided behavior. The material spans from molecules to cognition, including overt behavior, and synaptic and membrane levels of analysis. The species studied also range over diverse phyla, while contributors too form a diverse group representing Europe, North America, and Asia. The Visually Responsive Neuron is an exciting and informative addition to the well known Progress in Brain Research series.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780080862156

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GABA in the Retina and Central Visual System by Anonim Pdf

GABA in the Retina and Central Visual System

Author : Jose Mira
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540660690

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Foundations and Tools for Neural Modeling by Jose Mira Pdf

This book constitutes, together with its compagnion LNCS 1606, the refereed proceedings of the International Work-Conference on Artificial & Neural Networks, IWANN'99, held in Alicante, Spain in June 1999. The 91 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed & selected for inclusion in the book. This volume is devoted to applications of biologically inspired artificial neural networks in various engineering disciplines. The papers are organized in parts on artificial neural nets simulation & implementation, image processing & engineering applications.

Author : Philip S. Ulinski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461549031

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Cerebral Cortex by Philip S. Ulinski Pdf

This volume is devoted to mathematical models of the cortex. Computational models of individual neurons and ensembles of neurons are increasingly used in research on cortical organization and function. This is, in part, because of the now ubiquitous presence of powerful and affordable computers. The volume begins with a short history of models of cortical neurons and circuitry that introduces the principal modeling styles. An attempt has been made throughout the volume to make it accessible to readers with minimal mathematical backgrounds.

Author : Christof Koch,Joel L. Davis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0262111837

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Large-scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain by Christof Koch,Joel L. Davis Pdf

This book originated at a small and informal workshop held in December of 1992 in Idyllwild, a relatively secluded resort village situated amid forests in the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs in Southern California. Eighteen colleagues from a broad range of disciplines, including biophysics, electrophysiology, neuroanatomy, psychophysics, clinical studies, mathematics and computer vision, discussed 'Large Scale Models of the Brain, ' that is, theories and models that cover a broad range of phenomena, including early and late vision, various memory systems, selective attention, and the neuronal code underlying figure-ground segregation and awareness (for a brief summary of this meeting, see Stevens 1993). The bias in the selection of the speakers toward researchers in the area of visual perception reflects both the academic background of one of the organizers as well as the (relative) more mature status of vision compared with other modalities. This should not be surprising given the emphasis we humans place on'seeing' for orienting ourselves, as well as the intense scrutiny visual processes have received due to their obvious usefullness in military, industrial, and robotic applications. JMD.

Author : José Mira,Joan Cabestany,Alberto Prieto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540567984

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New Trends in Neural Computation by José Mira,Joan Cabestany,Alberto Prieto Pdf

Neural computation arises from the capacity of nervous tissue to process information and accumulate knowledge in an intelligent manner. Conventional computational machines have encountered enormous difficulties in duplicatingsuch functionalities. This has given rise to the development of Artificial Neural Networks where computation is distributed over a great number of local processing elements with a high degree of connectivityand in which external programming is replaced with supervised and unsupervised learning. The papers presented in this volume are carefully reviewed versions of the talks delivered at the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN '93) organized by the Universities of Catalonia and the Spanish Open University at Madrid and held at Barcelona, Spain, in June 1993. The 111 papers are organized in seven sections: biological perspectives, mathematical models, learning, self-organizing networks, neural software, hardware implementation, and applications (in five subsections: signal processing and pattern recognition, communications, artificial vision, control and robotics, and other applications).

Author : Susana Martinez-Conde,S. Macknik,Maria M. Martinez,Jose-Manuel Alonso,Peter U. Tse
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080466087

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Visual Perception Part 1 by Susana Martinez-Conde,S. Macknik,Maria M. Martinez,Jose-Manuel Alonso,Peter U. Tse Pdf

This book presents a collection of articles reflecting state-of-the-art research in visual perception, specifically concentrating on neural correlates of perception. Each section addresses one of the main topics in vision research today. Volume 1 Fundamentals of Vision: Low and Mid-Level Processes in Perception covers topics from receptive field analyses to shape perception and eye movements. A variety of methodological approaches are represented, including single-neuron recordings, fMRI and optical imaging, psychophysics, eye movement characterization and computational modelling. The contributions will provide the reader with a valuable perspective on the current status of vision research, and more importantly, with critical insight into future research directions and the discoveries yet to come. · Provides a detailed breakdown of the neural and psychophysical bases of Perception · Presents never-before-published original discoveries · Includes multiple full-color illustrations

Author : Michael I. Jordan,Michael J. Kearns,Sara A. Solla
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262100762

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Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 10 by Michael I. Jordan,Michael J. Kearns,Sara A. Solla Pdf

The annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) is the flagship conference on neural computation. These proceedings contain all of the papers that were presented.

Author : J. Leo van Hemmen,Jack D. Cowan,Eytan Domany
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780387217031

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Models of Neural Networks IV by J. Leo van Hemmen,Jack D. Cowan,Eytan Domany Pdf

This volume, with chapters by leading researchers in the field, is devoted to early vision and attention, that is, to the first stages of visual information processing. This state-of-the-art look at biological neural networks spans the many subfields, such as computational and experimental neuroscience; anatomy and physiology; visual information processing and scene segmentation; perception at illusory contours; control of visual attention; and paradigms for computing with spiking neurons.

Author : Gerald Tesauro,David S. Touretzky,Todd Leen
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262201046

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Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 7 by Gerald Tesauro,David S. Touretzky,Todd Leen Pdf

November 28-December 1, 1994, Denver, Colorado NIPS is the longest running annual meeting devoted to Neural Information Processing Systems. Drawing on such disparate domains as neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and theoretical physics, the papers collected in the proceedings of NIPS7 reflect the enduring scientific and practical merit of a broad-based, inclusive approach to neural information processing. The primary focus remains the study of a wide variety of learning algorithms and architectures, for both supervised and unsupervised learning. The 139 contributions are divided into eight parts: Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Learning Theory, Algorithms and Architectures, Implementations, Speech and Signal Processing, Visual Processing, and Applications. Topics of special interest include the analysis of recurrent nets, connections to HMMs and the EM procedure, and reinforcement- learning algorithms and the relation to dynamic programming. On the theoretical front, progress is reported in the theory of generalization, regularization, combining multiple models, and active learning. Neuroscientific studies range from the large-scale systems such as visual cortex to single-cell electrotonic structure, and work in cognitive scientific is closely tied to underlying neural constraints. There are also many novel applications such as tokamak plasma control, Glove-Talk, and hand tracking, and a variety of hardware implementations, with particular focus on analog VLSI.

Author : J. D. Pettigrew,K. J. Sanderson,W. R. Levick
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986-12-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521258294

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Visual Neuroscience by J. D. Pettigrew,K. J. Sanderson,W. R. Levick Pdf

Visual neuroscience is the study of the way in which the -brain accomplishes sight, and this book presents overviews of a range of topics in this area. The chapters are grouped into six sections - retina, retino-geniculate connections, visual development, comparative visual physiology, visual cortex and integrative aspects - and the authors describe both their own contributions to the field, and the influence of their teacher, P.O. Bishop, on their scientific development.