Connectionists: New Book: The Cooperative Neuron, by Bill Phillips

[Prof Leslie Smith]

Dear all:

My mentor and colleague William A. (Bill) Phillips has published a new book:

W.A. Phillips, The Cooperative Neuron: Cellular Foundations of Mental
Life, Oxford

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-cooperative-neuron-9780198876984

This book relates mental life to the intracellular processes from which it
arises.

Of particular interest to this list is the characterisation of layer 5
neocortical pyramidal neurons as two-point integrators, basally
integrating driving input, and apically integrating context, so that their
apical input modulates the driving input, and the development of that this
may imply.

But there's a lot more to this book too. Quoting Matthew Larkum's
introduction ...

"With this book Bill Phillips attempts nothing less than to explain the
relationship between the mind and brain, starting from bottom-up
principles."

If that doesn't whet your appetite, then what would?

In addition, it's quite readable!

--Leslie Smith

-- 
Prof Leslie Smith (Emeritus)
Computing Science & Mathematics,
University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel +44 1786 467435
Web: http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss
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