Does Math Matter to Brain Matter?
Philip Holmes
Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
Princeton
University
http://mae.princeton.edu/people/e21/holmes/profile.html
December 8, 2005
7:00 pm, Willey Hall 125 Map
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Abstract:
The human brain contains about 100 billion neurons, each making
about
1000 synaptic connections with other neurons. This huge
dynamical
system communicates with itself and its environment via
electrical
impulses called spikes. How is incoming information turned into
spikes,
and how do spikes create decisions and behaviors? I will show
how
mathematics helps us model and analyze such questions,
involving events
from single neural spikes to decisions that change our lives.
Math Matters lectures feature distinguished mathematicians and
scientists who are also superb expositors able to illuminate
the role mathematics is playing in understanding our world and
shaping our lives. The lectures are aimed at a broad audience.
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