Invariants of Behavior

Constancy and Variability in Neural Systems
2011
ISBN: 978-1-4419-8803-4
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Cognitive and Neural Systems

The study of the brain and behavior is enhanced by the discovery of invariances. Experimental brain research uncovers constancies amid variation with respect to interventions and transformations prescribed by experimental paradigms; furthermore, 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. Invariants of Behavior: Constancy and Variability in Neural Systems and Behavior explores the role of invariances in the study of behavior and neural systems. It analyzes invariances with respect to neural structure, functional behavior and the dynamics of neural activity. It discusses the role of empirical invariances in behavioral function as well as the appearance of invariances in computational models. In addition, it introduces terminological extensions of neurodynamics and includes a set of original robotics experiments on the evolution of the active-tracking behavior of a simulated agent.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Negrello, Mario

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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