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Wuppuluri, Shyam |
From Electrons to Elephants and Elections |
I12534 |
2022 |
Book |
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Zamponi, Gerald Werner |
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels |
I12312 |
2022 |
Book |
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Hramov, Alexander E |
Wavelets in Neuroscience |
I11833 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Pinter, Charles |
Mind and the Cosmic Order |
I11596 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Petrovici, Mihai Alexandru |
Form Versus Function: Theory and Models for Neuronal Substrates |
I10320 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Ellis, George |
How Can Physics Underlie the Mind? |
I10069 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Fern??ndez Ruiz, Antonio |
Extracellular Potentials in the Hippocampus |
I10056 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Helias, Moritz |
Statistical Field Theory for Neural Networks |
I09583 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Sawicki, Jakub |
Delay Controlled Partial Synchronization in Complex Networks |
I09413 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Broderick, Damien |
Consciousness and Science Fiction |
I09059 |
2018 |
eBook |
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| Title | From Electrons to Elephants and Elections : Exploring the Role of Content and Context |
| Author(s) | Wuppuluri, Shyam;Stewart, Ian |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XXX, 876 p. 54 illus., 28 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay between content and context, reductionism and holism and their meeting point: the notion of emergence. Much of today???s science is reductionist (bottom-up); in other words, behaviour on one level is explained by reducing it to components on a lower level. Chemistry is reduced to atoms, ecosystems are explained in terms of DNA and proteins, etc. This approach fails quickly since we can???t cannot extrapolate to the properties of atoms solely from Schr??dinger's equation, nor figure out protein folding from an amino acid sequence or obtain the phenotype of an organism from its genotype. An alternative approach to this is holism (top-down). Consider an ecosystem or an organism as a whole: seek patterns on the same scale. Model a galaxy not as 400 billion-point masses (stars) but as an object in its own right with its own properties (spiral, elliptic). Or a hurricane as a structured form of moist air and water vapour. Reductionism is largely about content, whereas holistic models are more attuned to context. Reductionism (content) and holism (context) are not opposing philosophies ??? in fact, they work best in tandem. Join us on a journey to understand the multifaceted dialectic concerning this duo and how they shape the foundations of sciences and humanities, our thoughts and, the very nature of reality itself |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030921927 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOMATHEMATICS
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. Eastern Philosophy
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. Knowledge, Theory of
8. Mathematical and Computational Biology
9. NEUROSCIENCE
10. Neurosciences
11. Philosophy, Asian
12. STATISTICAL MECHANICS
13. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels |
| Author(s) | Zamponi, Gerald Werner;Weiss, Norbert |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | IX, 710 p. 93 illus., 82 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book covers the tremendous progress in the current understanding of the molecular physiology of voltage-gated calcium channels. This book includes unparalleled insights into structural features of calcium channels due to X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM, which in turn yielded critical information into how these channels function under normal and pathophysiological conditions, and how they interact with calcium channel therapeutics. The chapters investigate how, with the advent of high throughput genome sequencing, numerous mutations in various calcium channel genes have been identified in patients with neurological, cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and other disorders. This is further complemented through a much larger in vivo toolkit such as knock-out and knock-in mice. The chapters further discuss the increased complexity of calcium channel physiology that arises from mRNA editing and splicing. Finally, the book also provides an overview of the updated research on calcium channel inhibitors that can be used both in vivo and in vitro, and which may serve as a spring board for new calcium channel therapeutics for human disease. Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels is useful for academic researchers at all levels in neuroscience, biophysics, cell biology and drug discovery. Provides a comprehensive update on the state of knowledge of voltage-gated calcium channels; Examines how calcium channels are pharmacologic targets in the treatment of epilepsy, hypertension, and pain; Explores the new, sophisticated imaging approaches that have increased our ability to measure calcium in live cells; Presents an understanding of the molecular mechanisms that govern calcium channel trafficking and distribution |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031088810 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOPHYSICS
2. CELL BIOLOGY
3. Cytology
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Human physiology
7. NEUROSCIENCE
8. Neurosciences
9. PHARMACOLOGY
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| Title | Wavelets in Neuroscience |
| Author(s) | Hramov, Alexander E;Koronovskii, Alexey A;Makarov, Valeri A;Maksimenko, Vladimir A;Pavlov, Alexey N;Sitnikova, Evgenia |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 384 p. 174 illus., 69 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book illustrates how modern mathematical wavelet transform techniques offer fresh insights into the complex behavior of neural systems at different levels: from the microscopic dynamics of individual cells to the macroscopic behavior of large neural networks. It also demonstrates how and where wavelet-based mathematical tools can provide an advantage over classical approaches used in neuroscience. The authors well describe single neuron and populational neural recordings. This 2nd edition discusses novel areas and significant advances resulting from experimental techniques and computational approaches developed since 2015, and includes three new topics: ??? Detection of fEPSPs in multielectrode LFPs recordings. ??? Analysis of Visual Sensory Processing in the Brain and BCI for Human Attention Control; ??? Analysis and Real-time Classification of Motor-related EEG Patterns; The book is a valuable resource for neurophysiologists and physicists familiar with nonlinear dynamical systems and data processing, as well as for graduate students specializing in these and related areas |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030759926 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applied Dynamical Systems
2. BIOPHYSICS
3. DYNAMICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAPH THEORY
7. Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks
8. Neural networks (Computer science)??
9. NEUROSCIENCE
10. Neurosciences
11. NONLINEAR THEORIES
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| I11833 |
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| Title | Mind and the Cosmic Order : How the Mind Creates the Features & Structure of All Things, and Why this Insight Transforms Physics |
| Author(s) | Pinter, Charles |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XI, 176 p. 3 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The topic of this book is the relationship between mind and the physical world. From once being an esoteric question of philosophy, this subject has become a central topic in the foundations of quantum physics. The book traces this story back to Descartes, through Kant, to the beginnings of 20th Century physics, where it becomes clear that the mind-world relationship is not a speculative question but has a direct impact on the understanding of physical phenomena. The book???s argument begins with the British empiricists who raised our awareness of the fact that we have no direct contact with physical reality, but it is the mind that constructs the form and features of objects. It is shown that modern cognitive science brings this insight a step further by suggesting that shape and structure are not internal to objects, but arise in the observer. The author goes yet further by arguing that the meaningful connectedness between things ??? the hierarchical organization of all we perceive ??? is the result of the Gestalt nature of perception and thought, and exists only as a property of mind. These insights give the first glimmerings of a new way of seeing the cosmos: not as a mineral wasteland but a place inhabited by creatures. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030500832 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics
2. COMPUTER VISION
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Image processing???Digital techniques
6. NEUROSCIENCE
7. Neurosciences
8. PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
9. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Form Versus Function: Theory and Models for Neuronal Substrates |
| Author(s) | Petrovici, Mihai Alexandru |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XXVI, 374 p. 150 illus., 101 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis addresses one of the most fundamental challenges for modern science: how can the brain as a network of neurons process information, how can it create and store internal models of our world, and how can it infer conclusions from ambiguous data? The author addresses these questions with the rigorous language of mathematics and theoretical physics, an approach that requires a high degree of abstraction to transfer results of wet lab biology to formal models. The thesis starts with an in-depth description of the state-of-the-art in theoretical neuroscience, which it subsequently uses as a basis to develop several new and original ideas. Throughout the text, the author connects the form and function of neuronal networks. This is done in order to achieve functional performance of biological brains by transferring their form to synthetic electronics substrates, an approach referred to as neuromorphic computing. The obvious aspect that this transfer can never be perfect but necessarily leads to performance differences is substantiated and explored in detail. The author also introduces a novel interpretation of the firing activity of neurons. He proposes a probabilistic interpretation of this activity and shows by means of formal derivations that stochastic neurons can sample from internally stored probability distributions. This is corroborated by the author???s recent findings, which confirm that biological features like the high conductance state of networks enable this mechanism. The author goes on to show that neural sampling can be implemented on synthetic neuromorphic circuits, paving the way for future applications in machine learning and cognitive computing, for example as energy-efficient implementations of deep learning networks. The thesis offers an essential resource for newcomers to the field and an inspiration for scientists working in theoretical neuroscience and the future of computing |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319395524 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPUTER SIMULATION
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks
5. Neural networks (Computer science)??
6. NEUROBIOLOGY
7. Neurosciences
8. Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation
9. PHYSICS
10. Simulation and Modeling
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| I10320 |
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| Title | How Can Physics Underlie the Mind? : Top-Down Causation in the Human Context |
| Author(s) | Ellis, George |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2016. |
| Description | XXVI, 482 p. 36 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Physics underlies all complexity, including our own existence: how is this possible? How can our own lives emerge from interactions of electrons, protons, and neutrons? This book considers the interaction of physical and non-physical causation in complex systems such as living beings, and in particular in the human brain, relating this to the emergence of higher levels of complexity with real causal powers. In particular it explores the idea of top-down causation, which is the key effect allowing the emergence of true complexity and also enables the causal efficacy of non-physical entities, including the value of money, social conventions, and ethical choices |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662498095 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. Evolutionary Biology
7. NEUROBIOLOGY
8. Neurosciences
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| I10069 |
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| Title | Statistical Field Theory for Neural Networks |
| Author(s) | Helias, Moritz;Dahmen, David |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XVII, 203 p. 127 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents a self-contained introduction to techniques from field theory applied to stochastic and collective dynamics in neuronal networks. These powerful analytical techniques, which are well established in other fields of physics, are the basis of current developments and offer solutions to pressing open problems in theoretical neuroscience and also machine learning. They enable a systematic and quantitative understanding of the dynamics in recurrent and stochastic neuronal networks. This book is intended for physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists and it is designed for self-study by researchers who want to enter the field or as the main text for a one semester course at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. The theoretical concepts presented in this book are systematically developed from the very beginning, which only requires basic knowledge of analysis and linear algebra |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030464448 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. MACHINE LEARNING
4. Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks
5. MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
6. Neural networks (Computer science)??
7. Neurosciences
8. Probability and Statistics in Computer Science
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Delay Controlled Partial Synchronization in Complex Networks |
| Author(s) | Sawicki, Jakub |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XV, 166 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The focus of this thesis are synchronization phenomena in networks and their intrinsic control through time delay, which is ubiquitous in real-world systems ranging from physics and acoustics to neuroscience and engineering. We encounter synchronization everywhere and it can be either a helpful or a detrimental mechanism. In the first part, after a survey of complex nonlinear systems and networks, we show that a seemingly simple system of two organ pipes gives birth to complex bifurcation and synchronization scenarios. Going from a 2-oscillator system to a ring of oscillators, we encounter the intriguing phenomenon of chimera states which are partial synchrony patterns with coexisting domains of synchronized and desynchronized dynamics. For more than a decade scientist have tried to solve the puzzle of this spontaneous symmetry-breaking emerging in networks of identical elements. We provide an analysis of initial conditions and extend our model by the addition of time delay and fractal connectivities. In the second part, we investigate partial synchronization patterns in a neuronal network and explain dynamical asymmetry arising from the hemispheric structure of the human brain. A particular focus is on the novel scenario of partial relay synchronization in multiplex networks. Such networks allow for synchronization of the coherent domains of chimera states via a remote layer, whereas the incoherent domains remain desynchronized. The theoretical framework is demonstrated with different generic models. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030340766 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Acoustical engineering
2. ACOUSTICS
3. Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Engineering Acoustics
8. NEUROBIOLOGY
9. Neurosciences
10. PHYSICS
11. SYSTEM THEORY
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| Title | Consciousness and Science Fiction |
| Author(s) | Broderick, Damien |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XXII, 196 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Science fiction explores the wonderful, baffling and wildly entertaining aspects of a universe unimaginably old and vast, and with a future even more immense. It reaches into that endless cosmos with the tools of rational investigation and storytelling. At the core of both science and science fiction is the engaged human mind--a consciousness that sees and feels and thinks and loves. But what is this mind, this aware and self-aware consciousness that seems unlike anything else we experience? What makes consciousness the Hard Problem of philosophy, still unsolved after millennia of probing? This book looks into the heart of this mystery - at the science and philosophy of consciousness and at many inspiring fictional examples - and finds strange, challenging answers. The book's content and entertaining style will appeal equally to science fiction enthusiasts and scholars, including cognitive and neuroscientists, as well as philosophers of mind. It is a refreshing romp through the science and science fiction of consciousness |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030005993 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Neurosciences
6. PHILOSOPHY
7. PHYSICS
8. Popular Science in Philosophy
9. Popular Science in Physics
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