Brain Organization and Computation

  • Authors:
  • Andreas Schierwagen

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Computer Science, Intelligent Systems Department, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  • Venue:
  • IWINAC '07 Proceedings of the 2nd international work-conference on The Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, Part I: Bio-inspired Modeling of Cognitive Tasks
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Theories of how the brain computes can be differentiated in three general conceptions: the algorithmic approach, the neural information processing (neurocomputational) approach and the dynamical systems approach. The discussion of key features of brain organization (i.e. structure with function) demonstrates the self-organizing character of brain processes at the various spatio-temporal scales. It is argued that the features associated with the brain are in support of its description in terms of dynamical systems theory, and of a concept of computation to be developed further within this framework.