The Brain: Fuzzy Arithmetic to Quantum Computing

Armando Freitas Rocha, Eduardo Massad, Alfredo Pereira (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

VIII, 228 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-06005-2 (ISBN)

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We could start writing this book by saying, with several other authors, that the brain is the most powerful and complex information processing device known, whether naturally developed or created artificially. Although we fully agree with this statement, in doing so we would be misleading the reader, in the sense that the present book basically aims to formalize the knowledge concerning brain physiology accumulated over the past few decades. Instead of merely describing the complexity of the cerebral str- ture or presenting a collection of commentaries and reviews of interesting experimental results, we take into account novel achievements in quantum information and quantum computation, and avail ourselves of recently - veloped mathematical tools. Neuroscience was bom in the 19'~ century with the works of Paul Brocca. However, this fledgling field experienced a boom only in recent times, following the development of powerful non-invasive techniques for probing the neural circuitry supporting the complex cognitive functions of the human brain. Although sophisticated mathematical models and phy- cal theories are the basic tools behind the conceptual foundations and a- lytical implementation of these modem techniques, to the best of our knowledge no effort was made to formalize the actual knowledge about brain function into a coherent theoretical framework incorporating the - cent developments in mathematical and physical science. Addressing this lack was our first motivation in writing this book.

Quantification and Calculation in Nature.- The Cells of the Brain.- Brain: A Distributed Intelligent Processing System.- Neural Computational Mechanisms Supporting Cognitive Processes.- The Brain and Quantum Computation.- Memetics and Cognitive Mathematics.- Modeling of Arithmetic Reasoning.- Brain Maps of Arithmetic Processes in Children and Adults.- Arithmetic Learning Capability in Congenitally Injured Brains.- Learning Arithmetic: Why So Difficult?.

From the reviews:

"This textbook on brain neurology considers, besides fuzzy grammars, fuzzy languages and classical information processing, also quantum information and computation as well to be essential to explain the brain as an intelligent processing system. ... is highly interesting and readable." (K.-E. Hellwig, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1135 (13), 2008)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 228 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Technik
Schlagworte	Artificial Intelligence • brain • Cerebral Function • Cortex Physiology • Disturbed Processing System • Fuzziness • Fuzzy Arithmetic • Mental Activity • Physiology • Quantum Computing • Quantum information
ISBN-10	3-642-06005-6 / 3642060056
ISBN-13	978-3-642-06005-2 / 9783642060052
Zustand	Neuware