
Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science
- 1st Edition - August 16, 2005
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Richard G.M. Morris, Lionel Tarassenko, Michael Kenward
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 8 8 5 6 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 5 8 2 6 - 7
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Request a sales quoteCognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science presents an overview of the exciting, truly multidisciplinary research by neuroscientists and systems engineers in the emerging field of cognitive systems, providing a cross-disciplinary examination of this cutting-edge area of scientific research. This is a great example of where research in very different disciplines touches to create a new emerging area of research. The book illustrates some of the technical developments that could arise from our growing understanding of how living cognitive systems behave, and the ability to use that knowledge in the design of artificial systems. This unique book is of considerable interest to researchers and students in information science, neuroscience, psychology, engineering and adjacent fields.
- Represents a remarkable collection of relevant experts from both the life sciences and computer science
- Includes state-of-the-art reviews of topics in cognitive systems from both a life sciences and a computer science perspective
- Discusses the impact of this research on our lives in the near future
Neuroscientists, psychologists, and engineers.
Section 1: HOW TO DESIGN A COGNITIVE SYSTEM
Introduction: How to Design a Cognitive System;
Self-Organisation in the Nervous System;
Large–Scale, Small-Scale Systems;
Section 2: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD
Introduction: Cognitive Systems in Touch with the World;
Representation;
Sensory Processing;
Speech and Language;
Section 3: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN ACTION
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Need to Plan, to Interact with Others and to Act;
Action;
Social Cognition;
Interaction, Planning & Motivation;
Section 4: MEMORY
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Remember Experience;
Learning and Memory;
Memory, Reasoning and Learning;
Section 5: SCIENCE APPLIED
Advanced Neuroscience Technologies;
Applications and Impact
Introduction: How to Design a Cognitive System;
Self-Organisation in the Nervous System;
Large–Scale, Small-Scale Systems;
Section 2: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD
Introduction: Cognitive Systems in Touch with the World;
Representation;
Sensory Processing;
Speech and Language;
Section 3: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN ACTION
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Need to Plan, to Interact with Others and to Act;
Action;
Social Cognition;
Interaction, Planning & Motivation;
Section 4: MEMORY
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Remember Experience;
Learning and Memory;
Memory, Reasoning and Learning;
Section 5: SCIENCE APPLIED
Advanced Neuroscience Technologies;
Applications and Impact
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 16, 2005
- No. of pages (eBook): 310
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780120885664
- eBook ISBN: 9780080458267
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Richard G.M. Morris
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, U.K.LT
Lionel Tarassenko
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Oxford University, UKMK
Michael Kenward
Affiliations and expertise
Kenward Words, Ltd., West Sussex, U.K.Read Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science on ScienceDirect