21.09.2011The discovery of slowness: A concept of self-organisation in the brain

Prof. Dr. Laurenz Wiskott, Institut for Neuroinformatics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

The human brain is so complex and rich in details, that it can’t be only genetically predetermined. Furthermore, this awesome adaptability indicates its ability to self-structure by learning. To understand those processes of self-organisation means a great challenge to both experimental and theoretical scientists. The latter try to simulate these processes by mathematical models. In his lecture, Prof. Laurenz Wiskott presents slowness as one possible concept of self-organisation and gives several examples of it.