02559nam 2200601 a 450 991082690400332120230721013827.00-19-773506-11-282-97777-697866129777700-19-971763-X(CKB)2670000000067641(EBL)665433(OCoLC)701718589(SSID)ssj0000467894(PQKBManifestationID)12156537(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467894(PQKBWorkID)10497548(PQKB)10059179(Au-PeEL)EBL665433(CaPaEBR)ebr10443150(CaONFJC)MIL297777(MiAaPQ)EBC665433(EXLCZ)99267000000006764120080313d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComputing the mind[electronic resource] how the mind really works /Shimon EdelmanOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20081 online resource (628 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-532067-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Brains, minds, and numbers -- Computing minds -- Computing brains -- The astonishing hypothesis -- Perception -- Memory -- Language -- Thinking -- Being no one -- Imagine -- The mind in the act of finding.In a culmination of humanity's millennia-long quest for self knowledge, the sciences of the mind are now in a position to offer concrete, empirically validated answers to the most fundamental questions about human nature. What does it mean to be a mind? How is the mind related to the brain? How are minds shaped by their embodiment and environment? What are the principles behind cognitive functions such as perception, memory, language, thought, and consciousness? By analyzing the tasks facing any sentient being that is subject to stimulation and a pressure to act, Shimon Edelman identifies compCognitionComputational neuroscienceThought and thinkingMathematical modelsCognition.Computational neuroscience.Thought and thinkingMathematical models.153Edelman Shimon1111771MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826904003321Computing the mind4045395UNINA