What must a global theory of cortex explain?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-19

  Valiant, Leslie G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIFELONG LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROSCIENCE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; VALIDATION PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 84888084621     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.10.006     Document Type: Review

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