23 Problems in Systems Neuroscience

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pp. i-514(515)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

Part I. How have Brains Evolved?
pp. 1-3(3)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

1. Shall We Even Understand the Fly's Brain?
pp. 3-22(20)
Author: Laurent, Gilles

2. Can We Understand the Action of Brains in Natural Environments?
pp. 22-44(23)
Authors: Wagner, Hermann; Gaese, Bernhard

3. Hemisphere Dominance of Brain Function—Which Functions Are Lateralized and Why?
pp. 44-63(20)
Author: Ehret, Gunter

Part II. How is the Cerebral Cortex Organized?
pp. 63-65(3)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

4. What is the Function of the Thalamus?
pp. 65-83(19)
Author: Sherman, S. Murray

5. What is a Neuronal Map, How Does It Arise, and What is it Good For?
pp. 83-103(21)
Author: van Hemmen, J. Leo

6. What Is Fed Back?
pp. 103-133(31)
Author: Bullier, Jean

Part III. How do Neurons Interact?
pp. 133-135(3)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

7. How Can the Brain Be So Fast?
pp. 135-143(9)
Author: Gerstner, Wulfram

8. What Is the Neural Code?
pp. 143-160(18)
Author: van Vreeswijk, C.

9. Are Single Cortical Neurons Soloists or Are They Obedient Members of a Huge Orchestra?
pp. 160-182(23)
Authors: Kenet, Tal; Arieli, Amos; Tsodyks, Misha; Grinvald, Amiram

10. What Is the Other 85 Percent of V1 Doing?
pp. 182-213(32)
Authors: Olshausen, Bruno A.; Field, David J.

Part IV. What can Brains Compute?
pp. 213-215(3)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

11. Which Computation Runs in Visual Cortical Columns?
pp. 215-245(31)
Author: Zucker, Steven W.

12. Are Neurons Adapted for Specific Computations? Examples from Temporal Coding in the Auditory System
pp. 245-266(22)
Authors: Carr, C. E.; Iyer, S.; Soares, D.; Kalluri, S.; Simon, J. Z.

13. How Is Time Represented in the Brain?
pp. 266-283(18)
Author: Herz, Andreas V. M.

14. How General Are Neural Codes in Sensory Systems?
pp. 283-303(21)
Authors: McAlpine, David; Palmer, Alan R.

15. How Does the Hearing System Perform Auditory Scene Analysis?
pp. 303-322(20)
Author: Klump, Georg M.

16. How Does Our Visual System Achieve Shift and Size Invariance?
pp. 322-341(20)
Author: Wiskott, Laurenz

Part V. Organization of Cognitive Systems
pp. 341-343(3)
Authors: van Hemmen, J. Leo; Sejnowski, Terrence J.

17. What Is Reflected in Sensory Neocortical Activity: External Stimuli or What the Cortex Does with Them?
pp. 343-367(25)
Authors: Scheich, Henning; Ohl, Frank W.; Schulze, Holger; Hess, Andreas; Brechmann, André

18. Do Perception and Action Result from Different Brain Circuits? The Three Visual Systems Hypothesis
pp. 367-394(28)
Authors: Rizzolatti, Giacomo; Gallese, Vittorio

19. What Are the Projective Fields of Cortical Neurons?
pp. 394-406(13)
Author: Sejnowski, Terrence J.

20. How Are the Features of Objects Integrated into Perceptual Wholes That Are Selected by Attention?
pp. 406-423(18)
Author: Reynolds, John H.

21. Where Are the Switches on This Thing?
pp. 423-432(10)
Author: Abbott, L F.

22. Synesthesia: What Does It Tell Us about the Emergence of Qualia, Metaphor, Abstract Thought, and Language?
pp. 432-474(43)
Authors: Ramachandran, V. S.; Hubbard, Edward M.

23. What Are the Neuronal Correlates of Consciousness?
pp. 474-514(41)
Authors: Crick, Francis C.; Koch, Christof