Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition

• Main Author: Coward, L Andrew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems ; 8
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurochemistry.; Computer organization.; Neuropsychology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.

An effective theoretical neuroscience must deliver an accurate, comprehensible and intuitively satisfying understanding of higher cognition in terms of anatomy, neuron physiology and neurochemistry. Massive simulations of assemblies of relatively realistic neurons do not necessarily contribute to un...