Neural Nets in Electric Fish (Computational Neuroscience)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262082039 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 197 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Heiligenberg is Professor of Behavioral Physiology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. . Walter F
Heiligenberg's introduction familiarizes the reader with the unusual sensory modality electroreception, demonstrating the rationale and the motive behind the research. Heiligenberg's pioneering research describes the behavior of one species, the jamming avoidance response in the electric fish Eigenmannia, providing a rich mine of data that documents the first vertebrate example of the workings of the entire behavioral system from sensory input to motor output. Neural Nets in Electric Fish presents the principles and detailed results that have emerged from this exciting program. The book relates all known behavioral phenomena of the jamming avoidance response to specific properties of the underlying neural network organization and draws interesting parallels between the
A classic in the neurosciences Eric Fortune Although this is not the easiest read, it covers one of the most remarkable investigations ever conducted on how nervous systems control behavior. In this book Dr. Heiligenberg describes the entire neural circuit, from receptors to motor units, used in the control of the Jamming Avoidance Response behavior.. Solid as granite Lonnie Butthill A fantastic book, like the Dianetics of neuroscience (if Dianetics were actually legit).
Heiligenberg's approach has brought a degree of clarity to our understanding of information coding and processing by the nervous system that is rarely achieved in any scientific undertaking." —James A. Simmons, Professor of Biology and Psychology, Brown University . "This research is one of the cornerstones of modern neuroethology and systems and behavioral neuroscience. It is a major contribution to understanding the whole chain of events leading to behavior