Principles of Neural Design

by Peter Sterling and Simon Laughlin

Book Overview

Two distinguished neuroscientists distil general principles from more than a century of scientific study, "reverse engineering" the brain to understand its design.

Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand neuroscientists applying increasingly advanced methods. A mountain of new facts and mechanisms has emerged. And yet a principled framework to organize this knowledge has been missing. In this book, Peter Sterling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262534681
• ISBN13: 9780262534680
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher