Brain Theory, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Proceedings of the First Trieste Meeting on Brain Theory, October 1-4, 1984

The present collection of papers forms the Proceedings of the First Meeting on Brain Theory, held October 1-4, 1984 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. The Meeting was organized with the aim of bringing together brain theorists who are willing to put their own research in the perspective of the general development of neuroscience. Such a meeting was considered necessary since the explosion of experi­ mental work in neuroscience during the last decades has not been accompanied by an adequate development on the theoretical side. The intensity of the discussions during the Meeting is prob­ ably reflected best in the report of the organizers, reprinted here following the Preface. During the Meeting it was decided that a workshop of this kind should be repeated at regular intervals of approximately 2 years. The International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste has kindly agreed to act as host for future meetings. The present Meeting was supported by grants from the In­ ternational Centre for Theoretical Physics and the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, IBM-Germany through the "Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft" and the Max­ Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics.

Report of the First Meeting on Brain Theory.- From Neuron to Assembly: Neuronal Organization and Stimulus Representation.- From Synchrony to Harmony: Ideas on the Function of Neural Assemblies and on the Interpretation of Neural Synchrony.- On Information Processing in the Cat’s Visual Cortex.- Two Views of the Cerebral Cortex.- EEG Spatial Pattern Differences with Discriminated Odors Manifest Chaotic and Limit Cycle Attractors in Olfactory Bulb of Rabbits.- Tensor Network Theory of the Central Nervous System and Sensorimotor Modeling.- Neuronic Equations Revisited and Completely Solved.- Am I Thinking Assemblies?.- Trion Model of Cortical Organization: Toward a Theory of Information Processing and Memory.- Associative Processing in Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence.- Associative Networks and Cell Assemblies.- Reviews of Historical Papers.- Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts: A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity.- Donald Hebb: The Organization of Behavior.- Alan Turing: The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis.- W.G. Walter: The Living Brain.- John von Neumann: The Computer and the Brain.- Eduardo Caianiello: Thought Processes and Thinking Machines.- Frank Rosenblatt: Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms.- Wilfrid Rall: Electrophysiology of a Dendritic Neuron Model.- David Marr: A Theory of the Cerebellar Cortex.- David Marr: A Theory for Cerebral Neocortex.