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Informationen zum Autor Britt Anderson graduated from the University of Southern California School of Medicine and trained in Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Subsequently, he received a PhD in Brain Science from Brown University. Since 2007 he has been a faculty member in the Dept of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Klappentext This unique, self-contained and accessible textbook provides an introduction to computational modelling in psychology and neuroscience accessible to students with little or no background in computing or mathematics. Zusammenfassung This unique! self-contained and accessible textbook provides an introduction to computational modelling in psychology and neuroscience accessible to students with little or no background in computing or mathematics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction PART 1: Modeling Neurons Chapter 2: What is a Differential Equation? Chapter 3: Numerical Application of a Differential Equation Chapter 4: Intermezzo: Computing With Loops Chapter 5: Integrate & Fire Chapter 6: Intermezzo: Computing With If Statements Chapter 7: Hodgkin & Huxley: The Men and Their Model Chapter 8: Intermezzo: Computing With Functions PART 2: Neural Networks Chapter 9: Neural Network Mathematics: Vectors and Matrices Chapter 10: Intermezzo: Interactive Computing Chapter 11: An Introduction to Neural Networks Chapter 12: Intermezzo: Interactive Exploration of the Delta Rule with Octave Chapter 13: Auto-associative Memory and the Hopfield Net PART 3: Probability and Psychological Models Chapter 14: What are the Odds? Chapter 15: Decisions as Random Walks Chapter 16: Intermezzo: Programming Psychophysical Experiments with Python PART 4: Cognitive Modeling as Logic and Rules Chapter 17: Boolean Logic Chapter 18: Intermezzo: Computing With Functional Languages Chapter 19: Production Rules and Cognition Chapter 20: Intermezzo: Functional Coding of a Simple Production System Chapter 21 ACT-R: A Cognitive Architecture Chapter 22: Agent Based Modeling Chapter 23: Concluding Remarks ...
