Visual Structures and Integrated Functions.

Arbib, Michael A. / Ewert, Jörg-Peter:

ISBN 10: 3540542418 / ISBN 13: 9783540542414

Editore: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1991

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Gr.8° 439 pp., 174 ill.; Orig.-Broschur; 720g; [Englisch]; used [lgr=L] _ xXx_. Codice articolo 40493

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Titolo: Visual Structures and Integrated Functions.

Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1991

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Gut

Tipologia articolo: BUCH

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Riassunto:

The book integrates data on visuomotor coordination in frog and toad - and comparative sudies of salamander, bird, rep- tile, turtle, rat, gerbil, rabbit, and monkey - with the ex- position of a set of models, Rana computatrix, with broad implications for neuroethology and the design of neural net- works. The study provides insight int organizational prin- ciples for the brain which are to be sought not solely in terms ofcellular mechanisms but also in terms of neural layers and modules functional constructs called schemas, and computational strategies.

Contenuti:

Overview.- Neural Mechanisms of Visuomotor Coordination: The Evolution of Rana computatrix.- A Prospectus for the Fruitful Interaction Between Neuroethology and Neural Engineering.- From the Retina to the Brain.- A Computer Model to Visualize Change Sensitive Responses in the Salamander Retina.- Properties of Retinal and Retino-Tecto-Isthmo-Tectal Units in Frogs.- Distributed Processing in Vestibulo-Ocular and Other Oculomotor Subsystems in Monkeys and Cats.- Optic Chiasm Hemisection and the Parsing of Visual Information in Frogs.- Approach and Avoidance.- Directed Movement in the Frog: A Closer Look at a Central Representation of Spatial Location.- Prey-Catching and Predator Avoidance 1: Maps and Schemas.- Prey-Catching and Predator Avoidance 2: Modeling the Medullary Hemifield Deficit.- A Neural Network Model for Response to Looming Objects by Frog and Toad.- Control of Frog Evasive Direction: Triggering and Biasing Systems.- Approach and Avoidance Systems in the Rat.- Computation of Absolute Distance in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): Depth Algorithms and Neural Substrates.- Generating Motor Trajectories.- Equilibrium Point Mechanisms in the Spinal Frog.- Actuator and Kinematic Redundancy in Biological Motor Control.- Motor Pattern Generators in Anuran Prey Capture.- From Tectum to Forebrain.- The Striatum and Short-Term Spatial Memory: From Frog to Man.- Multiple Brain Regions Cooperate in Sequential Saccade Generation.- Striato-Pretecto-Tectal Connections: A Substrate for Arousing the Toad’s Response to Prey.- Cortical Circuitry Underlying Visual Motion Analysis in Turtles.- Computational Significance of Lamination of the Telencephalon.- Information Processing in the Temporal Lobe Visual Cortical Areas of Macaques.- Development, Modulation, Learning, and Habituation.- Neural Mechanisms of Song Learning in a Passerine Bird.- Hormonal Regulation of Motor Systems: How Androgens Control Amplexus (Clasping) in Male Frogs.- Sensorimotor Learning and the Cerebellum.- Modulation of Prey-Catching Behavior in Toads: Data and Modeling.- Learning-Related Modulation of Toad’s Responses to Prey by Neural Loops Involving the Forebrain.- Dishabituation Hierarchies for Visual Pattern Discrimination in Toads: A Dialog Between Modeling and Experimentation.