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We could start writing this book by saying, with several other
authors, that the brain is the most powerful and complex
information processing device known, whether naturally developed or
created artificially. Although we fully agree with this statement,
in doing so we would be misleading the reader, in the sense that
the present book basically aims to formalize the knowledge
concerning brain physiology accumulated over the past few decades.
Instead of merely describing the complexity of the cerebral str-
ture or presenting a collection of commentaries and reviews of
interesting experimental results, we take into account novel
achievements in quantum information and quantum computation, and
avail ourselves of recently - veloped mathematical tools.
Neuroscience was bom in the 19'~ century with the works of Paul
Brocca. However, this fledgling field experienced a boom only in
recent times, following the development of powerful non-invasive
techniques for probing the neural circuitry supporting the complex
cognitive functions of the human brain. Although sophisticated
mathematical models and phy- cal theories are the basic tools
behind the conceptual foundations and a- lytical implementation of
these modem techniques, to the best of our knowledge no effort was
made to formalize the actual knowledge about brain function into a
coherent theoretical framework incorporating the - cent
developments in mathematical and physical science. Addressing this
lack was our first motivation in writing this book.
We could start writing this book by saying, with several other
authors, that the brain is the most powerful and complex
information processing device known, whether naturally developed or
created artificially. Although we fully agree with this statement,
in doing so we would be misleading the reader, in the sense that
the present book basically aims to formalize the knowledge
concerning brain physiology accumulated over the past few decades.
Instead of merely describing the complexity of the cerebral str-
ture or presenting a collection of commentaries and reviews of
interesting experimental results, we take into account novel
achievements in quantum information and quantum computation, and
avail ourselves of recently - veloped mathematical tools.
Neuroscience was bom in the 19'~ century with the works of Paul
Brocca. However, this fledgling field experienced a boom only in
recent times, following the development of powerful non-invasive
techniques for probing the neural circuitry supporting the complex
cognitive functions of the human brain. Although sophisticated
mathematical models and phy- cal theories are the basic tools
behind the conceptual foundations and a- lytical implementation of
these modem techniques, to the best of our knowledge no effort was
made to formalize the actual knowledge about brain function into a
coherent theoretical framework incorporating the - cent
developments in mathematical and physical science. Addressing this
lack was our first motivation in writing this book.
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