Paper Info
Title
Brain-Based Devices for the Study of Nervous Systems and the Development of Intelligent Machines
Abstract
The simultaneous study of brain function at all levels of organization is difficult to undertake with current experimental tools. Present day electrophysiology only allows the recording of at most hundreds of neurons while an animal is performing a behavioral task. Because of this limitation and the sheer complexity of the nervous system, computational modeling has become essential in developing theories of brain function. Accordingly, our group has constructed a series of brain-based devices (BBDs), that is, physical devices with simulated nervous systems that guide behavior, to serve as a heuristic for testing theories of brain function. Unlike animal models, BBDs permit analysis of activity at all levels of the nervous system as the device behaves in its environment. Although the principal focus of developing BBDs has been to test theories of brain function, this type of modeling may also provide a basis for robotic design and practical applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1162/1064546053278946
Artificial Life
Keywords
DocType
Volume
robots,nervous system,computational modeling,intelligent machines,perception,brain-based devices,learning,animal model,simulated nervous system,current experimental tool,behavioral task,adaptive behavior,neuroscience,brain function,bbds permit analysis,nervous systems,brain-based device,guide behavior
Journal
11
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1-2
1064-5462
25
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.93
7
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jeffrey L. Krichmar144341.97
Gerald M. Edelman219019.26