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Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain Audio CD – Unabridged, May 4, 2021

by Grace Lindsay (Author), Wendy Tremont King (Reader)
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Grace Lindsay reveals the value of describing the machinery of neuroscience using the elegant language of mathematics. The brain is made up of 85 billion neurons, which are connected by over 100 trillion synapses. For over a century, a diverse array of researchers have been trying to find a language that can be used to capture the essence of what these neurons do and how they communicate--and how those communications create thoughts, perceptions and actions. The language they were looking for was mathematics, and we would not be able to understand the brain as we do today without it. In Models of the Mind, author and computational neuroscientist Grace Lindsay explains how mathematical models have allowed scientists to understand and describe many of the brain's processes, including decision-making, sensory processing, quantifying memory, and more. She introduces listeners to the most important concepts in modern neuroscience, and highlights the tensions that arise when bringing the abstract world of mathematical modelling into contact with the messy details of biology.
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Grace Lindsay is a computational neuroscientist currently living in London. She completed her PhD at the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University, where her research focused on building mathematical models of how the brain controls its own sensory processing. Before that, she earned a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh and received a research fellowship to study at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Freiburg, Germany. She was also awarded a Google PhD Fellowship in Computational Neuroscience in 2016, and has spoken at several international conferences. She is also the producer and cohost of Unsupervised Thinking, a podcast covering topics in neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

Wendy Tremont King, a classically trained narrator and stage actor, got her start in audiobook narration as a volunteer for the Lighthouse for the Blind. She is an accomplished puppeteer and puppetry director, as well as a member of the SAG Foundation BookPals program for children's literacy.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09NF5MWGM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tantor Audio; Unabridged edition (May 4, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8200155668
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.99 ounces
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Doug D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Work in Progress
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023
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No one should start reading this book thinking there will be a final equation at the end of the book that explains everything. This field is very much a work in progress.

Having said that, the author does a great job explaining progress to date: The author explains how the brain works, from chemistry, to individual neurons, to groups of neurons to the brain as a whole. Although "mathematics" is in the title, a reader does not need to be able to solve a partial differential equation to understand the material. And, it is full of great tidbits of knowledge, like memory is not stored in neurons (neurons either fire or don't fire based on their inputs per a simple equation), memory is stored in the strength of the synapses between neurons.

The only problem I noticed was not with this book, but the blinders that the scientists seem to have. They seem to be ignoring millennia of experience about human consciousness that has been documented. Great thinkers like Plato and Buddha, and more recently B.K.S. Iyengar and Thich Nhat Hanh, have been explaining how consciousness works from a human perspective for a very long time. But, the scientists described in this book seem to be starting from scratch, exploring consciousness in a much more shallow way, almost like how a thermostat is aware. I believe, if scientists are going to understand human consciousness, they need to explore biology of what these great thinkers describe as real/deep consciousness, rather than what they have described as superficial consciousness. I read a book by Giulio Tononi (cited in this book) and came to the same conclusion. Let's get below the surface.
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Gordon Silverman
4.0 out of 5 stars A tour of cognitive science
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2021
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A very readable discussion of the cosmic issues confronting our understanding of the mind. I will take two picky issues with what I thought were omitted from an otherwise perfect discussion: Keffer Hartline’s work on lateral inhibition (that won him a Nobel) and the neglect of significant instruments such as the negative capacitance amplifier that permitted physiologists to truly “see” the neuron. An excellent reference.
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GIDMEISTER
5.0 out of 5 stars A good overview of models of the brain - very well written
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2021
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The book is a good overview of the existing modeling approaches to the brain. The author almost avoids writing down a single equation! The details about the various scientists involved are also very interesting. And the author is a very clear writer. I think the book is a good jumping off point for people who want to delve into the field.
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5.0 out of 5 stars As a CS and Math undergraduate, extremely enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2022
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I am an undergraduate student of math and CS, interested in AI and the brain. Very informative and understandable to me. A new favorite.
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Justin Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars Great review of major discoveries in computational neuroscience
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
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Great review of major discoveries in computational neuroscience
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Flatfive
3.0 out of 5 stars paperback is cheaply printed
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
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I've only just started the book, and I like the content a lot so far. This review is about print quality of the paperback version.

The copy I received is printed on low-quality paper, similar to newsprint, making it hard to read. You can also notice the low quality when holding the book -- it's very light.
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Levi
5.0 out of 5 stars Complex ideas distilled effectively
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
Really enjoyed this book. The author is quite skilled at extracting the essence of complex theories, and communicating them with examples and analogies. The book is a good mix of stories about influential characters, and the work and models they produced. No scary math needed.
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Jason
2.0 out of 5 stars Was hoping it had more substance than it did
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021
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Was hoping this book was gonna be more about deriving a mathematical theory of the mind, however it was more of a history lesson of different tools used in model building like little bios of the people that invented the techniques instead of going over in detail how they worked. Was also expecting the author to share an attempt to model something about the brain but nope. Disappointed
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction to computational neuroscience
Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2023
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Geronimo Ordoñez
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for starters.
Reviewed in Mexico on September 5, 2023
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I'm a mechatronics engineer getting specialized on neural sciences. I say this to all STEM people who want to dive into the neuro world: this is the way.
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Romy Froemer
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book on Computational neuroscience
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2023
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This is a very approachable and fun to read overview of computational neuroscience, it’s inspirational origins and it’s interconnections with other fields. Very much enjoyed it!
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Peter
5.0 out of 5 stars A very clear journey through the history of modelling the brain
Reviewed in Italy on October 27, 2023
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Il libro affronta in maniera chiara le tappe nello sviluppo di modelli per capire il funzionamento del cervello.
Il linguaggio usato è abbastanza semplice e può essere letto anche da non esperti di neuroscience. Personalmente, ho trovato estremamente interessanti alcuni passaggi del libro. Lo consiglio vivamente a chi è interessato ad approfondire la nostra attuale comprensione del cervello animale.
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Joseph Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book - covers all the essential developments
Reviewed in India on May 4, 2023
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Want to know more about computational neuroscience in a relatively non-technical and historical way? Then this is your go-to book for sure! Lindsay has done the field a great service! Wish this book was around when I pursued my MSc degree in this particular area more than a decade ago.
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