Models of the Mind

Models of the Mind
Author: Lindsay Grace Lindsay
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1472966465

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Models of the Mind

Models of the Mind
Author: Grace Lindsay
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781472966452

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The human brain is made up of 85 billion neurons, which are connected by over 100 trillion synapses. For more than a century, a diverse array of researchers searched for a language that could be used to capture the essence of what these neurons do and how they communicate – and how those communications create thoughts, perceptions and actions. The language they were looking for was mathematics, and we would not be able to understand the brain as we do today without it. In Models of the Mind, author and computational neuroscientist Grace Lindsay explains how mathematical models have allowed scientists to understand and describe many of the brain's processes, including decision-making, sensory processing, quantifying memory, and more. She introduces readers to the most important concepts in modern neuroscience, and highlights the tensions that arise when the abstract world of mathematical modelling collides with the messy details of biology. Each chapter of Models of the Mind focuses on mathematical tools that have been applied in a particular area of neuroscience, progressing from the simplest building block of the brain – the individual neuron – through to circuits of interacting neurons, whole brain areas and even the behaviours that brains command. In addition, Grace examines the history of the field, starting with experiments done on frog legs in the late eighteenth century and building to the large models of artificial neural networks that form the basis of modern artificial intelligence. Throughout, she reveals the value of using the elegant language of mathematics to describe the machinery of neuroscience.

Greek Models of Mind and Self

Greek Models of Mind and Self
Author: A. A. Long
Publsiher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-01-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780674729032

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A. A. Long’s study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood is anchored in questions of universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible for our own happiness? Can we achieve autonomy? Long shows that Greek thinkers’ modeling of the mind gave us metaphors that we still live by.

Models of the Mind

Models of the Mind
Author: John E. Gedo,Arnold Goldberg
Publsiher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 1976-09-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780226284873

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In an effort to expand the clinical theory of psychoanalysis, John E. Gedo and Arnold Goldberg delineate and order the various generally accepted systems of psychological functioning, considered here as "models of the mind." The authors provide a historical review of four major models of the mind: the topographic model, the reflex arc model, the tripartite model, and an object relations model. They then investigate the possible hierarchical interrelationships of such models. Each model is shown to represent a different facet of mental functioning and is thus employable on an ad hoc basis. The models are shown not to cancel on another out but to allow for theoretical complementarity. Gedo and Goldberg apply their theory to four classic psychoanalytic case studies to demonstrate its effectiveness: Freud's Rat Man, his Wolf Man, the case of Daniel Paul Schreber, and a case of arrested development. For each of these cases the authors show how it would have been both possible and advantageous to apply a variety of different theories as facts about each continued to accumulate.

Models of the Mind

Models of the Mind
Author: Stephen L. Dilts
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781135895631

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Making sense of such bewildering problems as hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and anxiety seems an incredible challenge, but modern psychiatry is able to bring understanding and change to many of those whose lives are impaired by psychiatric problems. This is not accomplished through the application of one dominant psychological theory, but through the integration of perspectives of many such theories in this diverse field into a befitting approach-the biopsychosocial model. Application of the biopsychosocial model will allow for understanding the patient in biological, psychological, and social terms simultaneously, and provide a holistic picture with multiple strategies for treatment. In this book, the author takes a step back from the assessment to demonstrate to the student methods of the information gathered from the patient into a clinically useful whole, essentially showing exactly how and why the psychiatrist arrives at an intervention.

Freud s Models of the Mind

Freud s Models of the Mind
Author: Christopher Dare,Anna Ursula Dreher,Alex Holder,Joseph Sandler
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780429899836

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The authors succeed in putting Freud's models of the mind into a historical and developmental framework and show the complexity of his thinking on the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind.

Mental Models and the Mind

Mental Models and the Mind
Author: Carsten Held,Gottfried M-GV Vosgerau,Markus Knauff
Publsiher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2006-01-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080459013

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"Cognitive psychology," "cognitive neuroscience," and "philosophy of mind" are names for three very different scientific fields, but they label aspects of the same scientific goal: to understand the nature of mental phenomena. Today, the three disciplines strongly overlap under the roof of the cognitive sciences. The book's purpose is to present views from the different disciplines on one of the central theories in cognitive science: the theory of mental models. Cognitive psychologists report their research on the representation and processing of mental models in human memory. Cognitive neuroscientists demonstrate how the brain processes visual and spatial mental models and which neural processes underlie visual and spatial thinking. Philosophers report their ideas about the role of mental models in relation to perception, emotion, representation, and intentionality. The single articles have different and mutually complementing goals: to introduce new empirical methods and approaches, to report new experimental results, and to locate competing approaches for their interpretation in the cross-disciplinary debate. The book is strongly interdisciplinary in character. It is especially addressed to researchers in any field related to mental models theory as both a reference book and an overview of present research on the topic in other disciplines. However, it is also an ideal reader for a specialized graduate course. Examines the theory of mental models from the perspectives of cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of the mind Introduces new empirical methods, experimental results, and interdisciplinary yet complementary approaches Serves as a reference book and an overview of current research

Computer Models of Mind

Computer Models of Mind
Author: Margaret A. Boden
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1988-04-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0521270332

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This book shows how computer models are used to study many psychological phenomena - including vision, language, reasoning, and learning.