This volume is a collection of papers on brain mechanisms which integrates theory and experiment to place visual information within the context of the action systems which use it. The book stresses both the intrinsic interest of frog and toad as animals in which to study the neural mechanisms of visuomotor co-ordination and the importance of comparative studies with other organisms. The book demonstrates the interaction between theory and experiment in neuroscience, complementing current data with a rich array of models which together constitute Rana computatrix, the "frog that computes". High-level schema models show the basic functional interactions underlying visuomotor co-ordination, testable by lesion experiments. Neural network models address data from neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Although the stress in the modeling is on Computational Neuroscience to understand neurobiological phenomena, the results have implications for Neural Engineering, the use of ideas inspired by the study of the brain to design highly parallel, often adaptive, machines.
This volume is a collection of papers on brain mechanisms which integrates theory and experiment to place visual information within the context of the action systems which use it. The book stresses both the intrinsic interest of frog and toad as animals in which to study the neural mechanisms of visuomotor co-ordination and the importance of comparative studies with other organisms. The book demonstrates the interaction between theory and experiment in neuroscience, complementing current data with a rich array of models which together constitute Rana computatrix, the "frog that computes". High-level schema models show the basic functional interactions underlying visuomotor co-ordination, testable by lesion experiments. Neural network models address data from neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Although the stress in the modeling is on Computational Neuroscience to understand neurobiological phenomena, the results have implications for Neural Engineering, the use of ideas inspired by the study of the brain to design highly parallel, often adaptive, machines.
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Overview.- Neural Mechanisms of Visuomotor Coordination: The Evolution of Rana computatrix.- A Prospectus for the Fruitful Interaction Between Neuroethology and Neural Engineering.- From the Retina to the Brain.- A Computer Model to Visualize Change Sensitive Responses in the Salamander Retina.- Properties of Retinal and Retino-Tecto-Isthmo-Tectal Units in Frogs.- Distributed Processing in Vestibulo-Ocular and Other Oculomotor Subsystems in Monkeys and Cats.- Optic Chiasm Hemisection and the Parsing of Visual Information in Frogs.- Approach and Avoidance.- Directed Movement in the Frog: A Closer Look at a Central Representation of Spatial Location.- Prey-Catching and Predator Avoidance 1: Maps and Schemas.- Prey-Catching and Predator Avoidance 2: Modeling the Medullary Hemifield Deficit.- A Neural Network Model for Response to Looming Objects by Frog and Toad.- Control of Frog Evasive Direction: Triggering and Biasing Systems.- Approach and Avoidance Systems in the Rat.- Computation of Absolute Distance in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus): Depth Algorithms and Neural Substrates.- Generating Motor Trajectories.- Equilibrium Point Mechanisms in the Spinal Frog.- Actuator and Kinematic Redundancy in Biological Motor Control.- Motor Pattern Generators in Anuran Prey Capture.- From Tectum to Forebrain.- The Striatum and Short-Term Spatial Memory: From Frog to Man.- Multiple Brain Regions Cooperate in Sequential Saccade Generation.- Striato-Pretecto-Tectal Connections: A Substrate for Arousing the Toad’s Response to Prey.- Cortical Circuitry Underlying Visual Motion Analysis in Turtles.- Computational Significance of Lamination of the Telencephalon.- Information Processing in the Temporal Lobe Visual Cortical Areas of Macaques.- Development, Modulation,Learning, and Habituation.- Neural Mechanisms of Song Learning in a Passerine Bird.- Hormonal Regulation of Motor Systems: How Androgens Control Amplexus (Clasping) in Male Frogs.- Sensorimotor Learning and the Cerebellum.- Modulation of Prey-Catching Behavior in Toads: Data and Modeling.- Learning-Related Modulation of Toad’s Responses to Prey by Neural Loops Involving the Forebrain.- Dishabituation Hierarchies for Visual Pattern Discrimination in Toads: A Dialog Between Modeling and Experimentation.
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