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International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation

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Brain Organization and Computation

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Theories of how the brain computes can be differentiated in three general conceptions: the algorithmic approach, the neural information processing (neurocomputational) approach and the dynamical systems approach. The discussion of key features of brain organization (i.e. structure with function) demonstrates the self-organizing character of brain processes at the various spatio-temporal scales. It is argued that the features associated with the brain are in support of its description in terms of dynamical systems theory, and of a concept of computation to be developed further within this framework.

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Schierwagen, A. (2007). Brain Organization and Computation. In: Mira, J., Álvarez, J.R. (eds) Bio-inspired Modeling of Cognitive Tasks. IWINAC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4527. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73053-8_3

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