The document discusses three parts of a course on brainlike computing and new disciplines:
Part I discusses brainlike computing and attractors. Part II covers cellular automata, chaos, and fractals. Part III is about memristors and how they relate to non-volatile memories and brainlike learning.
The document discusses three parts of a course on brainlike computing and new disciplines:
Part I discusses brainlike computing and attractors. Part II covers cellular automata, chaos, and fractals. Part III is about memristors and how they relate to non-volatile memories and brainlike learning.
The document discusses three parts of a course on brainlike computing and new disciplines:
Part I discusses brainlike computing and attractors. Part II covers cellular automata, chaos, and fractals. Part III is about memristors and how they relate to non-volatile memories and brainlike learning.
The document discusses three parts of a course on brainlike computing and new disciplines:
Part I discusses brainlike computing and attractors. Part II covers cellular automata, chaos, and fractals. Part III is about memristors and how they relate to non-volatile memories and brainlike learning.
Part II C omplexity: Cellular Automata, Chaos, and Fractals
Part III Memristors:
From Non-Volatile Memories to Brainlike Learning New Discipline Part I
Brainlike Computing and Attractors
Part II
Cellular Automata, Chaos, and Fractals
Part III
From Non-Volatile Memories
to Brainlike Learning Pluto : The Missing Planet
Based on the irregularities in the orbit
of Neptune, the 8th planet, Percival Lowell predicted in 1905 that there is a missing planet, which he named Planet X, yet to be discovered. This planet was subsequently found in February 18, 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, and later renamed Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld. New Neurons in Adult Brains ?
New neurons can be generated in two regions
of the adult mamalian brain: 1. The hippocampus 2. The cerebral subventricular zone (SVZ) of olfactory bulbs. Most Neurons are formed Before Birth
• Most of our 10 billions neurons are generated
in the first 4 months of gestation. • Many brain regions initially overpoduce neurons and the surplus dies during the maturation process • At various times during the gestation period more than 500,000 neurons are generated per minute ! Glucose and Brain Activity Glucose is the primary energy source for neurons: the more active a neuron is, the more glucose it uses. • Glucose utilization in newborns is largely limited to the brain stem and certain subcortical structures, very little utilization of glucose was observed in the cortex itself, indicating relatively low neuronal activity there. • By two or three months of age, glucose utilization increases significantly in some cortical areas, specially in the occipital cortex, which is involved in visual processing and perception. • Glucose utilization increases through early childhood and peaks between four and seven years of age (about twice the level in the adult brain). This relates to the enormous synaptic plasticity of the brain of the early ages. Dendrites and Synapses • More than 80 percent of total dendritic growth occurs after birth. • Most synaptic contacts from the axon of a neuron are made on the dendrites of other neurons. • There is an enormous increase in the total numbers of synapses, not only prenatally, but also postnatally up to at least age 2. • There is a substantial rearrangement and pruning of synapses during brain development and growth: many synapses are added, and many others are lost. • Throughout life, our brains are being changed by our experiences (i.e. learning) and these changes are reflected in the synaptic circuitry of the brain.