Computational Neuroscience

[Christof Koch]

Re. Steve Lehars distinction between biological connectionism and
computational neuroscience.

...
>  BIOLOGICAL  CONNECTIONISM: Using connectionist  ideas to explore the
> functional  architecture of specific   biological circuits  found in
> nature.  (Paying attention to the detailed structure of the brain as
>  biologists)
>
> COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE: Exploring the  theoreticalpossibilities
> of  abstract   connectionist  architectures  for   their information
> representation and processing potential.
...

I, for once, disagree with these definitions.  The aim of computational