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Theoretical Approaches to Complex Systems pp 171–188Cite as

Cell Assemblies in the Cerebral Cortex

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To say that an animal responds to sensory stimuli may not be the most natural and efficient way to describe behaviour. Rather, it appears that animals most of the time react to situations, to opponents or things which they actively isolate from their environment, Situations, things, partners or opponents are, in a way, the terms of behaviour. It is legitimate, therefore, to ask what phenomena correspond to them in the internal activity of the brain, or, in other words: how are the meaningful chunks of experience “represented” in the brain?

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstrasse 38, 74 Tübingen, Germany

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    Roland Heim

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biologische Kybernetik, Spemannstraße 38, 7400, Tübingen, Deutschland

    Günther Palm

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Braitenberg, V. (1978). Cell Assemblies in the Cerebral Cortex. In: Heim, R., Palm, G. (eds) Theoretical Approaches to Complex Systems. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93083-6_9

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