Unlocking the Brain

Georg Northoff holds a rare combination of academic titles: two PhDs and an MD respectively in neuroscience, philosophy, and psychiatry. Northoff is currently the Director of the Research Unit for Mind, Brain imaging and Neuroethics, Canada Research Chair, and EJLB-Michael Smith Chair for Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa.

• List of Figures ; Preface ; Introduction to Volume I ; Part I: Coding Extrinsic Stimuli: From the Environment to the Brain ; Chapter 1: Sparse Coding and Natural Statistics ; Chapter 2: Sparse Coding and Neural Inhibition ; Chapter 3: Sparse Coding on a Regional Level ; Part II: Coding Intrinsic Activity: From the Brain to the Brain ; Chapter 4: Spatial Structure of Intrinsic Activity ; Chapter 5: Temporal Structure of Intrinsic Activity ; Chapter 6: Sparse Coding of Intrinsic Activity ; Part III: Coding Intrinsic Predictions: From the Brain to Anticipation ; Chapter 7: Predictive Coding and Difference-Based Coding ; Chapter 8: Predictive Coding and Social and Vegetative Statistics ; Chapter 9: Predictive Coding and the Brain's Intrinsic Activity ; Part IV: Coding Extrinsic Activity: From the Brain to the Environment ; Chapter 10: Stimulus-Stimulus Interaction and Neural Coding ; Chapter 11: Rest-Stimulus Interaction and Difference-Based Coding ; Chapter 12: Rest-Stimulus Interaction and GABA ; Epilogue: A Quick Guide to the Brain ; Appendix: Theoretical Reflections ; Appendix I: Neuro-Empirical Remark: Resting State Activity versus Stimulus-Induced Activity and the Continuity Hypothesis ; Appendix II: Neuro-Theoretical Remark: Localizationism versus Holism ; Appendix III: Neuro-Conceptual Remar: Concept of <"Difference>" ; Appendix IV: Neuro-Epistemological Remark: Brain versus Observer ; References ; Index

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