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This book is for students and researchers who have a specific interest in learning and memory and want to understand how computational models can be integrated into experimental research on the hippocampus and learning. It emphasizes the function of brain structures as they give rise to behavior, rather than the molecular or neuronal details. It also emphasizes the process of modeling, rather than the mathematical details of the models themselves.
The book is divided into two parts. The first part provides a tutorial introduction to topics in neuroscience, the psychology of learning and memory, and the theory of neural network models. The second part, the core of the book, reviews computational models of how the hippocampus cooperates with other brain structures--including the entorhinal cortex, basal forebrain, cerebellum, and primary sensory and motor cortices--to support learning and memory in both animals and humans. The book assumes no prior knowledge of computational modeling or mathematics. For those who wish to delve more deeply into the formal details of the models, there are optional "mathboxes" and appendices. The book also includes extensive references and suggestions for further readings.
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Good reading hippocampus.......2003-08-05
reading this book, i think very interesting neural network modeling hippocampus. so GOOD
An extremely useful introductory text.......2002-03-06
To those students, mostly at the undergraduate level, that are not applied mathematic specialists and have looked for an easy to understand, well written, introduction to Neural Networks in learning processes; this is a must-have book. "Gateway..." is an excellent read, targeted to readers from a wide scope of backgrounds, from Biologists to Computer Science Majors through Medical Sciences.
Although leaning a bit too heavily on the conceptual view of the subject, the book introduces the reader gradually to what a Neural Network is, what a computer model is and how it works.
Two basic tools are of special interest to the reader. First, the beginning half of the book gives a general, yet very complete, introduction of the concepts, history and theory to be used. Second, for those with a little more interest in the mathematics there's a good number of "Math Boxes" delving into the details of the subject(s).
The effect of these tools is that, by the time you reach into the core matter of how neural networks models are constructed and worked in the field of Hippocampal memory, the reader suddenly finds his/herself well-familiarized with the theory. A comfortable, gradual, learning process has taken place without any discomfort (and in less time than you would think!).
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- Indispensable textbook and overall reference
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Introduction to Neural and Cognitive Modeling (2nd Edition)
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This thoroughly, thoughtfully revised edition of a very successful textbook makes the principles and the details of neural network modeling accessible to cognitive scientists of all varieties as well as to others interested in these models. Research since the publication of the first edition has been systematically incorporated into a framework of proven pedagogical value.
Features of the second edition include:
* A new section on spatiotemporal pattern processing
* Coverage of ARTMAP networks (the supervised version of adaptive resonance networks) and recurrent back-propagation networks
* A vastly expanded section on models of specific brain areas, such as the cerebellum, hippocampus, basal ganglia, and visual and motor cortex
* Up-to-date coverage of applications of neural networks in areas such as combinatorial optimization and knowledge representation
As in the first edition, the text includes extensive introductions to neuroscience and to differential and difference equations as appendices for students without the requisite background in these areas. As graphically revealed in the flowchart in the front of the book, the text begins with simpler processes and builds up to more complex multilevel functional systems.
For more information visit the author's personal Web site at www.uta.edu/psychology/faculty/levine/
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Indispensable textbook and overall reference.......2007-08-28
Daniel Levine's "Introduction to Neural and Cognitive Modeling" offers a unique psychological perspective on neural networks, cognitive science, and machine intelligence from one of the foremost experts in the field. This textbook, for those who take the time to read it, offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the discipline, neurophysiology, memory models, learning and conditioning, machine categorization, knowledge representation, and recent advances in the science. For those without a background in neurobiology or differential equations, he includes primers as well to get you up to speed.
The flow of the textbook is laid out such that those courses focusing on only one or two topics can cover them without needing to review too much background. Levine also presents a variety of models useful for speech recognition, motor control, spatiotemporal pattern recognition, supervised and unsupervised machine learning and classification models, long and short-term memory models, attention, inhibition, computer vision, error correction, and back propagation.
This text is one of the most bookmarked and referenced in my collection, and the one I most frequently recommend and lend to my colleagues. It operates as a textbook as well as a reference, with coverage as deep as it is broad. I highly recommend this text to novice and expert alike, or to anyone interested in the art and science of neural network-based cognitive modeling with a distinct psychological flavor. This one's a gem I'm glad to keep close at hand.
Vague survey of the literature.......2005-04-07
I am referring to the 1991 edition. This is not a textbook and definitely not an introduction- it is a survey of the literature and opaque on content. I cannot judge it as a survey, what I can say is: don't start here.
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An Introduction to the Modeling of Neural Networks (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)
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This text is a graduate-level introduction to neural networks, focusing on current theoretical models, examining what these models can reveal about how the brain functions, and discussing the ramifications for psychology, artificial intelligence, and the construction of a new generation of intelligent computers. The book is divided into four parts. The first part gives an account of the anatomy of the central nervous system, followed by a brief introduction to neurophysiology. The second part is devoted to the dynamics of neuronal states, and demonstrates how very simple models may stimulate associative memory. The third part of the book discusses models of learning, including detailed discussions on the limits of memory storage, methods of learning and their associated models, associativity, and error correction. The final section of the book reviews possible applications of neural networks in artificial intelligence, expert systems, optimization problems, and the construction of actual neuronal supercomputers, with the potential for one-hundred fold increase in speed over contemporary serial machines.
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Although neural modeling has a long history, most of the texts available on the subject are quite limited in scope, dealing primarily with the simulation of large-scale biological neural networks applicable to describing brain function. Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems presents the mathematical tools and methods that can describe and predict the dynamic behavior of single neurons, small assemblies of neurons devoted to a single tasks, as well as larger sensory arrays and their underlying neuropile. Focusing on small and medium-sized biological neural networks, the author pays particular attention to visual feature extraction, especially the compound eye visual system and the vertebrate retina. For computational efficiency, the treatment avoids molecular details of neuron function and uses the locus approach for medium-scale modeling of arrays. Rather than requiring readers to learn a dedicated simulation program, the author uses the general, nonlinear ordinary differential equation solver Simnonä for all examples and exercises. There is both art and science in setting up a computational model that can be validated from existing neurophysiological data. With clear prose, more than 200 figures and photographs, and unique focus, Introduction to Dynamic Modeling of Neuro-Sensory Systems develops the science, nurtures the art, and builds the foundation for more advanced work in neuroscience and the rapidly emerging field of neuroengineering.
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Wordy, Inaccurate, and Incomplete, with a few gems.......2004-10-10
I was thrilled when I saw that a new paintball book was out. Given the poor quality of past paintball books, I was hoping for something that really would be "the complete guide to games, gear, and tactics". To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. This is book is worthwhile only for the most raw and uninformed newcomer to paintball, and even then, you could do better simply by doing some research on the internet and reading the existing literature in print. A new player reading this book will learn a few things, but also come away with ideas that are inaccurate, incomplete, and at times, downright dangerous.
I should start with some strengths though, to keep you from thinking this book is all bad: it is not. It has good coverage of the closed bolt/open bolt accuracy controversy, though again, you could just go to warpig.com and read the tests for yourself. Sapp is at his best when he is talking technical gear. His section on air systems is quite good, and there is a good section on restoring bad paintballs (though given how cheap these are, I find my time is way more valuable than that). There is also a very clearly-written, almost brilliant sidebar on avoiding dehydration, complete with a description of early symptoms and medically sound advice on what to do if you start feeling them. One of my favorite bits was the interview with Amy Chantry in the "Womin in Paintball" section. She quite lucidly attacks the current trend of cutesy "spokesmodels" marketing guns and gear they've never used for major companies. Cool!
However, the good (and even great) aspects don't balance the rest of the book's problems. The book's style can only be described as relentlessly chatty: it is so wordy and tangent-prone that getting through even the intro in one sitting was painful. Reading the whole book caused me to pull my own hair out. I don't know why the editor didn't take the good material and cut the wordy, irrelevant stuff. This would have given a book about 1/3 as long, but packed with information. As it is, the incredibly wordy and unorganized style is a major obstacle.
This gets realy strange when Sapp tried to do a paintball history. Not only is much of it wrong, but he creates controversies that don't exist, and tries to make paintball super-historically significant by tying it into the Cold War, economic trends of the 70s and 80s, and even the Iran hostage crisis. Want to know how the Ayatollah Khomeini ties into paintball? Read Chapter 2! The worst part is that this forced historicism significantly distorts the early history of paintball. Sapp makes Hayes Noel (one of the creators of the original Survival Game) out to be a kind of scared, insecure wimp, who felt inferior to his sportsmen friends and invented paintball because "he was getting old". He also takes two seperate incidents in the development of the first paintball game idea and turns them into competing versions of how it got started, introducing the non-controversy on page 13 with a bizarre paragraph that talks about the psychology of legal witnesses in criminal cases and the weakness of memory, and even mentions a lawyer by name. (Who IS "Mary O'Rourke of Florida", anyway, and what does she have to do with paintball?) Anyone who wants to know the reasons behind the Survival Game and how it came to be can read the interviews with Charles Gaines and Hayes Noel in "The Complete Guide to Paintball," or better yet, buy a copy of the original "Official Survival Game Manual" from 1983 by Lionel Atwill. It blatantly contradicts Sapp's narrative on half a dozen points, on a wide vareity of topics. Incidentally, Sapp says that the first games were played with "pump-action markers." It was not. The original guns all used a very nasty, slow, and hard-to-work cocking knob, and the pump, when it came out in the mid-80s, was a huge improvement. Check out an original Nelspot 007 and you'll see what I mean. You may think this is nit-picking, but if Sapp is going to try to do paintball history, he has to get it right. It's clear he never talked to any of the original creators, even though they are all still around and willing to talk. His research is sloppy and incomplete, and his assertions about early paintball are wildly inaccurate. On page 102, he even states that "Back in the 70s, paintballs were oil-based and that meant players had to scrub with turpentine." Of course, there were no players in the 70s, because the game of paintball hadn't been invented yet! The Nelspot and the paintablls to fire from it did exist, but there were no players yet: the gun was strictly a tool for ranchers and foresters.
That level of professionalism is evident in the whole book. While some of the gear sections are nicely done, almost all of it is straight out of the manufacturers' literature (and therefore, all the products are great!). Sapp admits this in the "Special Note" on page 5. He says that he mostly covered the gear whose makers sent him info and pictures he could use. What you get, then, is a list of manufacturers and their products, but almost no analysis of which products are good, bad, or indifferent. In most cases, you can just cruise paintball web sites and get that information. I certainly don't need to pay $13.99 to get a list of all the markers Brass Eagle makes! Useful tidbits are there, but they are very few and far between. An overriding desire not to offend an manufactuers (or not to do any real research or trials) seems to drive the book.
Finally, for new players, there are some serious problems. In the section on tactics, he tells us that blind firing is a great idea! Blind firing (shooting by poking your marker--but not your head-- from behind cover), is illegal on every reputable field and will get you kicked out pronto! This is because it is incredibly unsagfe: you have no idea what you are shooting at. Are you hitting a spectator? A ref? A teammate? Someone who foolishly took off his goggles and is now going to be blind thanks to you? It is amazing that this got into a book published in 2004. He also suggests barrel plugs, when almost everyone switched to barrel bags as the only approved safety device long before this was published. I can see a new player arriving at a game with a barrel plug, only to be told that it is not acceptable, and he needs to buy a barrel bag: not cool. Finally, his very brief discussion of paintabll tanks mentions not one safety issue. Instead, it talks about how cool the Tippmann Hellhound is, especially its grenade launcher and its 45mph speed. Great! The problem is, the Hellhound was never meant to be taken out on a field, and has never been used in a game. It would be insanely dangerous to do so, and no game promoter in his right mind would let it on the field. A discussion of tanks (this is the COMPLETE guide to games, gear and tactics, remember?) needs to take into account safety issues and the actual rules in use, so a new player can grasp how and why tanks get used, and how and why they don't. Is some new players were to use this book as a safety guide for outlaw paintball, there could be some serious injuries or deaths.
I could go on about mistaken captions on photos, incomplete equipment sections, or the depressing regularity with which scantily clad models who don't play paintball appear in the book, but I won't. There are buried treasures here, and the author seems to have a good heart and the right attitude on a lot of levels, but there is an immatuirty and lack of organization here that are just unforgivable. If the author didn't catch these problems, the editor should have.
I think I can sum the book up by quoting from page 199. "Half of paintball is how you play, and the other half is how you look while playing." If that sums up your view of paintball, go ahead and buy this book asap! If, on the other hand, you are looking for clearly presented, accurate, and complete information, run screaming from this book. Instead, buy the "Complete Guide to Paintball." It is flawed and badly dated, but still far superior to this dog. I wanted to give it two stars, but given the extremely dangerous safety advice it gives newcomers, I had to go with one.
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Great reference tool!.......2002-03-10
This is a great tool to any serious or even casual student of the Bible. It is full of full-color photos of myriad items of interest, maps, charts, and historical excerpts of Biblical figures.
The contents include photos of sites in modern day Israel, photos of archaelogical sites such as digs at Ur, a reconstruction of what the Tabernacle might have looked like, a diagram of Jerusalem, and much, much more. With over 600 pages, it is a very interesting book, whether you're reading it in detail, or just thumbing through it!
pleasant balance of text, photos. maps, and bible comments........1999-05-26
this is a worthy addition to any Bible scholars library
A solid Bible reference for the casual Bible student........1999-03-05
This volume is a fine resource for the reader who wishes to delve a bit deeper into Biblical study, but feels intimidated by the commentaries published specifically for use by pastors and theologians. It's an easy read--two words one seldom associates with a reference book--beautifully illustrated, with plenty of background information to give the biblically challenged a flavor for the times in which the Bible was written. I have recommended this volume and its companion, Eerdmans Handbook to the History of Christianity, since their initial release. I continue to do so, especially with this more affordable paperback edition.
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Add sparkle and individuality to any print or graphic project with fancy letters from this design treasury. Specially selected from rare sources for their strong visual impact, this lavish collection features 818 letters, in a wealth of popular styles that range from medieval and Victorian to Art Nouveau and modern.
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truth in advertising.......2001-08-06
This inexpensive book and CD-rom does exactly what it says it will do which is produce great decorative letters. You can choose from approximately 25 styles of each letter in the alphabet.The images are easy to reference and are perfect for direct cut-and-paste. I'm not real great at deciphering most cd instructions but this is very simple. I wish more companys would take the hint. Simplicity is good.
Dover's electronic clip art is great1.......2000-12-12
I found this fun and easy to use! There is considerable variation in the letters, and I had no trouble finding uses for them, and expect I will find more in the future. It is inexpensive and hassle-free. I would recommend it!
Dover's Decorative Letters.......2000-06-14
Recently I needed a new company logo for my Real Estate firm. After recieving several different logos from various advertising firms I happened to glance thru this book and found just the perfect logo I was looking for. I use it everyday. It was then I made a fatal error and lent it out to someone and they lost it. I called the publisher of the book who in turn led me to Amazon.com. What a life saver! I typed in the book # in the search engine and it immediately popped up. I strongly suggest this book as well as Amazon.com
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Add a lavish period touch to advertisements, posters, menus — almost any graphic project — with the 865 superbly drawn, black-and-white capital letters in this lovely collection. Reproduced from authentic Victorian sources, the designs include simple, striking initials alongside more fanciful ones embellished with flowers and leaves, animals, birds, cherubs, humans, and allegorical figures.
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great quality and styles.......2000-09-05
wonderful collection of designs for each letter of the alphabet. the quality is high and the cd makes the designs simple to use.
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Splendid collection of black-and-white letters — selected from rare, late-19th- and early-20th-century sources — depicts delicately flowering capitals, an innovative feather alphabet, cross-stitch letters, and many other decorative fonts. An invaluable resource for studio or workroom use, this inexpensive collection will be prized for its beauty, versatility, and practical application.
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Unusual collection features eye-catching letters of the alphabet incorporating a variety of traditional Celtic images. Woven into intricate patterns are half-human, mythical figures, florals, animal life; and highly stylized serpentine motifs. An immensely useful set for artists, craftworkers, and anyone wanting to add a distinctive touch to their graphic projects. 307 color illustrations.
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