Naomi GoldblumThe Brain-Shaped Mind
What the Brain Can Tell Us about the Mind
Born in New York, Naomi Goldblum was originally educated in mathematics at the Yeshiva University. She later moved to Israel where, at the Hebrew University, she extended her interests to the field of psychology. Her doctorate was entitled 'A psycholinguistic study of the metaphor'. Naomi Goldblum is now a lecturer in psychology at Bar-Ilan University, where she specialises in cognitive psychology, in particular psycholinguistics and the processes involved in creative endeavours.
Preface
Figure permissions and acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. What the brain cannot tell us about the mind
3. How neurons form networks
4. Theories and models of how the mind functions
5. What are connectionist networks?
6. How our networks learn
7. Connecting the networks: how different things are related
8. Evidence for connectionist models
9. Two different types of memory
10. Coping with disaster
11. Practical implications
12. Criticism of connectionist theory
Annotated references and suggested readings
Index.
