Introduction to Neural and Cognitive Modeling, 3rd Edition

This textbook provides a general introduction to the field of neural networks. Thoroughly
revised and updated from the previous editions of 1991 and 2000, the current edition
concentrates on networks for modeling brain processes involved in cognitive and
behavioral functions. Part one explores the philosophy of modeling and the field’s history
starting from the mid-1940s, and then discusses past models of associative learning and of
short-term memory that provide building blocks for more complex recent models. Part two
of the book reviews recent experimental findings in cognitive neuroscience and discusses
models of conditioning, categorization, category learning, vision, visual attention, sequence
learning, behavioral control, decision making, reasoning, and creativity. The book presents
these models both as abstract ideas and through examples and concrete data for specific
brain regions