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Visuomotor Coordination

Amphibians, Comparisons, Models, and Robots

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Jörg-Peter Ewert

    1. University of Kassel, Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. Michael A. Arbib

    1. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Experimentation and Modeling: An Introductory Discussion

      • M. A. Arbib, U. Bässler, J.-P. Ewert, T. Finkenstädt, F. Gonzalez-Lima, P. Grobstein et al.
      Pages 3-36

  5. The Role of Visual Centers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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    2. Compensation of Visual Background Motion in Salamanders

      • Gerhard Manteuffel
      Pages 311-340

    3. Nucleus Isthmi and Optic Tectum in Frogs

      • Edward R. Gruberg
      Pages 341-356

    4. Why Cortices? Neural Networks for Visual Information Processing

      • Hanspeter A. Mallot, Werner Von Seelen
      Pages 357-382

    5. Invariances in Pattern Recognition

      • Herbert J. Reitboeck
      Pages 383-396

    6. Perception by Sensorimotor Coordination in Sensory Substitution for the Blind

      • Reinhard Koy-Oberthür
      Pages 397-418

  6. The Visuomotor Interface

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      Pages 419-419
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    2. Schema Theory as a Common Language to Study Sensori-Motor Coordination

      • Francisco Cervantes-Perez
      Pages 421-450
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Various brain areas of mammals can phyletically be traced back to homologous structures in amphibians. The amphibian brain may thus be regarded as a kind of "microcosm" of the highly complex primate brain, as far as certain homologous structures, sensory functions, and assigned ballistic (pre-planned and pre-pro­ grammed) motor and behavioral processes are concerned. A variety of fundamental operations that underlie perception, cognition, sensorimotor transformation and its modulation appear to proceed in primate's brain in a way understandable in terms of basic principles which can be investigated more easily by experiments in amphibians. We have learned that progress in the quantitative description and evaluation of these principles can be obtained with guidance from theory. Modeling - supported by simulation - is a process of transforming abstract theory derived from data into testable structures. Where empirical data are lacking or are difficult to obtain because of structural constraints, the modeler makes assumptions and approximations that, by themselves, are a source of hypotheses. If a neural model is then tied to empirical data, it can be used to predict results and hence again to become subject to experimental tests whose resulting data in tum will lead to further improvements of the model. By means of our present models of visuomotor coordination and its modulation by state-dependent inputs, we are just beginning to simulate and analyze how external information is represented within different brain structures and how these structures use these operations to control adaptive behavior.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Kassel, Kassel, Federal Republic of Germany

    Jörg-Peter Ewert

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Michael A. Arbib

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visuomotor Coordination

  • Book Subtitle: Amphibians, Comparisons, Models, and Robots

  • Editors: Jörg-Peter Ewert, Michael A. Arbib

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0897-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43230-9Published: 01 July 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0899-5Published: 07 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0897-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 923

  • Topics: Systems Biology, Neurobiology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

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