Invariants of behavior: constancy and variability in neural systems

The study of the brain and behavior is illuminated with the discovery of invariances. Experimental brain research uncovers constancies amidst variation, with respect to interventions and transformations prescribed by experimental paradigms. Place cells, mirror neurons, event related potentials and areas differentially active in fMRI, all illustrate the pervasive role of invariances in neural systems in relation to their function. Studies the possible space of variations in structure and dynamics that maintain a given behavioral function unchanged; what are, in other words, the invariants of a given behavior. Invariances are introduced first generally, thenin the study of neural systems. The role of empirical invariances in explanation of behavioral function is discussed and exemplified. INDICE: 1 Invariants of Behavior: Constancy and Variability in Neural Systems and Behavior. Summary. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Part I Invariants of Behavior. 2 Introduction. 3 Invariances in Theory. 4 Empirical Assessments of Invariance. 5 Modeling and Invariance. 6 Dynamical Systems and Convergence. 7 Neurons, Models and Invariants. Part II Neurodynamics of Embodied Behavior. 8 Neurodynamics and Evolutionary Robotics. 9 Attractor Landscapes in Active Tracking. Appendix: Learning. Appendix: Related Work. References. 10 Convergent Evolution of Behavioral Function. 11 Neural Communication: Messages between Modules.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-8803-4
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 251
• Fecha Publicación: 20/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés