<p><p>This book guides readers along a path that proceeds from neurobiology to nonlinear-dynamical circuits, to nonlinear neuro-controllers and to bio-inspired robots. It provides a concise exploration of the essence of neural processing in simple animal brains and its adaptation and extrapolation t
Brain Theory From A Circuits And Systems Perspective: How Electrical Science Explains Neuro-circuits, Neuro-systems, and Qubits
β Scribed by John Robert Burger (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 239
- Series
- Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems 6
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book models an idealized neuron as being driven by basic electrical elements, the goal being to systematically characterize the logical properties of neural pulses. In order to constitute a system, neurons as pulsating devices may be represented using novel circuit elements as delineated in this book. A plausible brain system is implied by the delineated elements and logically follows from known and likely properties of a neuron. New to electrical science are novel pulse-related circuit elements involving recursive neurons. A recursive neuron, when properly excited, produces a self-sustaining pulse train that when sampled, provides a true output with a specified probability, and a false output with complementary probability. Because of its similarity to the qubits of quantum mechanics, the recursive pulsating neuron is termed a simulated qubit. Recursive neurons easily function as controlled toggle devices and so are capable of massively parallel calculations, this being a new dimension in brain functioning as described in this book. Simulated qubits and their possibilities are compared to the qubits of quantum physics. Included in the book are suggested neural circuits for associative memory search via a randomized process of cue selection, and neural circuits for priority calculations. These serve to select returns from long term memory, which in turn determines one's next conscious thought or action based on past memorized experiences. The book reports on proposals involving electron tunneling between synapses, and quantum computations within neurons. Although not a textbook, there are easy exercises at the ends of chapters, and in the appendix there are twelve simulation experiments concerning neurons. β
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Brain Structure....Pages 1-16
Brain Architecture for an Intelligent Stream of Consciousness....Pages 17-29
Circuit Elements Required for Neural Systems....Pages 31-57
Long-Term Memory, Simulated Qubits, Physical Qubits....Pages 59-83
Outline of a Cue Editor....Pages 85-100
Plans for a Recall Referee....Pages 101-114
Arithmetic Using Simulated Qubits....Pages 115-130
Long-Term Memory Neural Circuits, Fast and Precise....Pages 131-149
Neuroquantology, the Ultimate Quest....Pages 151-163
The Phase of the β1β....Pages 165-178
Postscript....Pages 179-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-227
β¦ Subjects
Neurosciences; Circuits and Systems; Cognitive Psychology; Circuits and Systems
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