Brain Theory

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Report of the First Meeting on Brain Theory

   1. Report of the First Meeting on Brain Theory

      • V. Braitenberg, G. Palm

      Pages 1-3

3. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • G. Palm, A. Aertsen

      Pages 5-5

4. From Neuron to Assembly: Neuronal Organization and Stimulus Representation

   1. From Neuron to Assembly: Neuronal Organization and Stimulus Representation

      • A. Aertsen, G. Gerstein, P. Johannesma

      Pages 7-24

5. From Synchrony to Harmony: Ideas on the Function of Neural Assemblies and on the Interpretation of Neural Synchrony

   1. From Synchrony to Harmony: Ideas on the Function of Neural Assemblies and on the Interpretation of Neural Synchrony

      • P. Johannesma, A. Aertsen, H. Van Den Boogaard, J. Eggermont, W. Epping

      Pages 25-47

6. On Information Processing in the Cat’s Visual Cortex

   1. On Information Processing in the Cat’s Visual Cortex

      • W. Von Seelen, H. A. Mallot, G. Krone, H. Dinse

      Pages 49-79

7. Two Views of the Cerebral Cortex

   1. Two Views of the Cerebral Cortex

      • V. Braitenberg

      Pages 81-96

8. EEG Spatial Pattern Differences with Discriminated Odors Manifest Chaotic and Limit Cycle Attractors in Olfactory Bulb of Rabbits

   1. EEG Spatial Pattern Differences with Discriminated Odors Manifest Chaotic and Limit Cycle Attractors in Olfactory Bulb of Rabbits

      • W. J. Freeman, G. Viana Di Prisco

      Pages 97-119

9. Tensor Network Theory of the Central Nervous System and Sensorimotor Modeling

   1. Tensor Network Theory of the Central Nervous System and Sensorimotor Modeling

      • A. J. Pellionisz

      Pages 121-145

10. Neuronic Equations Revisited and Completely Solved

    1. Neuronic Equations Revisited and Completely Solved

       • E. R. Caianiello

       Pages 147-160

11. Am I Thinking Assemblies?

    1. Am I Thinking Assemblies?

       • C. Von Der Malsburg

       Pages 161-176

12. Trion Model of Cortical Organization: Toward a Theory of Information Processing and Memory

    1. Trion Model of Cortical Organization: Toward a Theory of Information Processing and Memory

       • G. L. Shaw, D. J. Silverman, J. C. Pearson

       Pages 177-191

13. Associative Processing in Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence

    1. Associative Processing in Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence

       • A. Lansner

       Pages 193-210

14. Associative Networks and Cell Assemblies

    1. Associative Networks and Cell Assemblies

       • G. Palm

       Pages 211-228

15. Reviews of Historical Papers

    1. Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts: A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity

       • G. Palm

       Pages 229-230

    2. Donald Hebb: The Organization of Behavior

       • G. L. Shaw

       Pages 231-233

    3. Alan Turing: The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis

       • W. J. Freeman

       Pages 235-236

    4. W.G. Walter: The Living Brain

       • W. J. Freeman

       Pages 237-238

    5. John von Neumann: The Computer and the Brain

       • W. J. Freeman

       Pages 239-240

    6. Eduardo Caianiello: Thought Processes and Thinking Machines

       • P. Johannesma

       Pages 241-244

The present collection of papers forms the Proceedings of the First Meeting on Brain Theory, held October 1-4, 1984 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. The Meeting was organized with the aim of bringing together brain theorists who are willing to put their own research in the perspective of the general development of neuroscience. Such a meeting was considered necessary since the explosion of experi­ mental work in neuroscience during the last decades has not been accompanied by an adequate development on the theoretical side. The intensity of the discussions during the Meeting is prob­ ably reflected best in the report of the organizers, reprinted here following the Preface. During the Meeting it was decided that a workshop of this kind should be repeated at regular intervals of approximately 2 years. The International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste has kindly agreed to act as host for future meetings. The present Meeting was supported by grants from the In­ ternational Centre for Theoretical Physics and the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, IBM-Germany through the "Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft" and the Max­ Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

• Germany
• brain
• cortex
• cybernetics
• development
• electroencephalography (EEG)
• information processing
• nervous system
• neuroscience
• physiology
• research
• system

• Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Tübingen, Germany

  Günther Palm, Ad Aertsen

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