Correlative Learning
A Basis for Brain and Adaptive Systems
Chapter One
THE CORRELATIVE BRAIN
The human brain is a hugely complex information processing system. In this
chapter, it is our intention neither to review the brain anatomy and structures in
detail nor to discuss every aspect of brain functions. Instead, we try to present an
overview of the correlative brain at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels.
Before discussing various correlative neural mechanisms, we first provide a brief
background of some fundamental concepts of the human brain.
1.1 BACKGROUND
1.1.1 Spiking Neurons
The human brain consists of about [10.sup.11] (a hundred billion) neurons and [10.sup.15]-[10.sup.16]
(quadrillion) synapses. Each neuron is connected via synapses to about 1000-10,000
other neurons. It is the vast amo ... read full excerpt from Correlative Learning: A Basis for Brain and Adaptive Systems ebook
