The Mind Within the Net
by Manfred Spitzer
This book presents a very comprehensive
view of the brain from a psychiatrist's perspective, using experimental
data and neural network insights. The book
- uses schematic stains of neurons to discuss the 6-layer structure of
the cortex.
- the homunculus showing a distorted person on portions of the brain is
explained as a neural map of stimuli from the external body
- there are analagous maps for the other senses, including several retinoptic
maps
- computer models have demonstrated the self-organizing ability of neural
networks when presented with data - that is, the brain's spontaneous ability
to create maps of the external world
- discusses the limitations and strengths of computer modeling the human
brain
- explains the delta rule