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The computational brain: Patricia S. Churchland and Terrence J. Sejnowski (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992); xi, 544 pages, $39.95

George N. Reeke
- 01 Apr 1996 - 
- Vol. 82, pp 381-391
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The Computational Brain this paper provides a broad overview of neuroscience and computational theory, followed by a study of some of the most recent and sophisticated modeling work in the context of relevant neurobiological research.
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This article is published in Artificial Intelligence.The article was published on 1996-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1472 citations till now.

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