Chapters of the
book
Neural
Computing and Neural Science
A
Theory of Information Processing in the Human Brain
Aleš
Grmela
Chapters
1. Brain
- Studying the human brain.
- Mathematical and philosophical aspects of the brain
research
- Theoretical aspects of the brain organization
2. Characteristics of the brain
- Movement of the body
- Body movement is the most important function that is controlled by the
brain.
- The movement is generally the basic rule of life.
- Memory
- short term memory, medium term memory, long term memory and their relations.
- digital memory, analog memory
- Brain memory
- Intelligence
- Plasticity
- Logical and abstract thinking
- Sensibility
- Capacity
- Quality
- Creativity
3. Neurons and Neuron connections
- Neuron
- similarities of neurons and other cells
- differencies of neurons and other cells
- neuron works like voltage controlled oscilator
- neuron works like electric-current
controlled oscilator
- Neuron types
- Golgi type I neurons
- Golgi type II neurons
- Neuron Connections
- axons
- dendrites
- synapses, electrical vs. chemical sysnapses, their differences,
- change of chemical synapses to electrical sysnapses
4. Computers and The Brain
- Mathematical introduction to the brain function
- Analog computers
- Multiprocessor computers and parallel processing
- The brain, neurons, and electronic parts
- Regulation in the human body
5. Numerical integration in the Brain
- Introduction
- Numerical integration to the differential equations
IM1
- Technical characteristics of the numerical
integrating method IM1
- Taylor series
- Numerical integration to the differential equations
IM2
- Multiplication and division for the numerical
integration
- Multiplication
- Division
- Characteristics of the numerical integrating methods
- Results of the "unlimited" order of the method
6. Differential equations processing
Stability and regulation
- Numerical integrating method IM1
- Numerical integrating method IM2
- Creating and deleting connections in the brain
- Brain operations
- Matrix M simulating the brain
- Human communication
7. Stability and regulation
- Body temperature
- Metabolism and body weight control
- Body movement
- Thinking
- serial thinking and its psychological impact to the human behavior
-
parallel thinking and its psychological impact to the human behavior
- Mental stability
- meaning of
mental stability
- Static vs. Dynamic stability
- Balancing the human brain
8. Serial and parallel processing
- Decision processing
- soft
logical functions - softAND and softOR functions
- Serial and parallel control of body movement and
thinking
- Spatial processing in the brain
- brain waves
- origin of brain waves
9. Memorizing and forgetting
- The brain memory
- Types of the brain memory
- short term memory, medium term memory, long term memory and their relations.
- constructive and destructive memorizing
- constructive and destructive forgetting
- Dynamic memorizing
- Constructive memorizing and forgetting
- Destructive memorizing and forgetting
- The memory and membrane ion channels
- Retrieving information from the brain
- distortion of memory records
- consciousness snd subconsciousness
10. Information processing in the
brain
- Abstract terms processing - Wisdom, Beauty, Love,
etc.
- Conclusions
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