Ruthless reductionism in recent neuroscience

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-140

  Bickle, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineered genetic mutations; Cortical microstimulation; Long term potentiation (LTP); Reductionism

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

BIOENGINEERED GENETIC MUTATIONS; CORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; REDUCTIONISM;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646002946     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2006.871130     Document Type: Article

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