The tale of the neuroscientists and the computer: Why mechanistic theory matters

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Joshua W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; EEG; fMRI; Methods; Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology; Theory

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SILICON;

ANTENNA; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER; DURA MATER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICROPHONE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOISE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SCIENTIST; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOUND; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORY;

EID: 84910098216     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00349     Document Type: Note

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