Design for a Brain: The Origin of Adaptive Behaviour

Ashby, W. Ross

ISBN:

B000JNOVTE

From Preface: The book is not a treatise on all cerebral mechanisms but a proposed solution of a specific problem: the origin of the nervous system's unique ability to produce adaptive behavior. Preface to Second Edition: In the eight years that have elapsed between the preparations of the two editions, our understanding of brain-like mechanisms has improved immeasurably.