A New Book: Theory of cortical plasticity

[Harel Shouval]

Announcing a new book: Theory of cortical plasticity.

Authors:  Leon N Cooper, Nathan Intrator, Brian S. Blais, & Harel Z. Shouval

This book presents a theory of cortical plasticity and shows how this 
theory leads to experiments that test both its assumptions and 
consequences. It elucidates, in a manner that is accessible to students 
as well as researchers, the role which the BCM theory has played in 
guiding research and suggesting experiments that have led to our present 
understanding of the mechanisms underlying cortical plasticity. Most of 
the connections between theory and experiment that are discussed require 
complex simulations. A unique feature of the book is the accompanying 
software package, Plasticity 
<http://web.bryant.edu/%7Ebblais/plasticity/index.html>. This is 
provided complete with source code, and enables the reader to repeat any 
of the simulations quoted in the book as well as to vary either 
parameters or assumptions. Plasticity 
<http://web.bryant.edu/%7Ebblais/plasticity/index.html> is thus a 
research and an educational tool. Readers can use it to obtain hands-on 
knowledge of the structure of BCM and various other learning algorithms. 
They can check and replicate our results as well as test algorithms and 
refinements of their own.

 

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Harel Shouval
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
6431 Fannin st. Houston TX 77025

Phone: 713-500-5708
Web:   http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/resources/faculty/members/shouval.htm