Organization of Brain Tissue: Is the Brain a Noisy Processor?
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 3 (6), 271-284
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00207457209147637
Abstract
This paper presents some thoughts on functional organization in cerebral tissue. ‘Spontaneous’ wave and unit firing are considered as essential phenomena in the handling of information. Various models are discussed which have been suggested to describe the pseudorandom behavior of brain cells, leading to a view of the brain as an information processor and its role in learning, memory, remembering and forgetting.Keywords
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