BRAIN-MIND MACHINERY<br> Brain-Inspired Computing and Mind Opening

BRAIN-MIND MACHINERY
Brain-Inspired Computing and Mind Opening

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
THE BRAIN: THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION Gee-Wah Ng	1
NEURONS AND SYNAPSES: THE KEY TO MEMORY AND LEARNING Gee-Wah Ng	18
THE CORTEX ARCHITECTURE: THE BUILDING BLOCK OF INTELLIGENCE Gee-Wah Ng	37
MANY FACES OF MEMORIES — INVESTIGATING THE HUMAN MULTIPLE MEMORY SYSTEMS Gee-Wah Ng	62
LEARNING LIKE A HUMAN: HOW DOES LEARNING TAKE PLACE IN OUR BRAIN? Gee-Wah Ng	81
EMOTION AND COGNITION Gee-Wah Ng	104
LAMINAR COMPUTING Gee-Wah Ng	129
PROBABILISTIC COMPUTING: THE BAYESIAN MIND Gee-Wah Ng	153
THINKING MACHINE: HIGHER THEORIES OF BRAIN AND COMMONSENSE KNOWLEDGE GENERATION Gee-Wah Ng	163
MODELING THE ENTIRE BRAIN: BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES Gee-Wah Ng	182
ARE WE THERE? WHAT CAN THE COMPUTER DO TODAY AND TOMORROW? Gee-Wah Ng	210
BRAIN — A FOREST NOT TOTALLY EXPLORED: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES? Gee-Wah Ng	222
UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN TO BUILD INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS Gee-Wah Ng	244
CONCLUSIONS — THE MIND THAT MATTERS Gee-Wah Ng	255
BACK MATTER	263
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