Main description:

The study of the brain and behavior is illuminated with the discovery of invariances.

Experimental brain research uncovers constancies amidst variation, with respect to interventions and transformations prescribed by experimental paradigms.

Place cells, mirror neurons, event related potentials and areas differentially active in fMRI, all illustrate the pervasive role of invariances in neural systems in relation to their function.

Contents:

1 Invariants of Behavior: Constancy and Variability in Neural Systems and
Behavior
Summary
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Part I Invariants of Behavior
2 Introduction
3 Invariances in Theory
4 Empirical Assessments
of Invariance
5 Modeling and Invariance
6 Dynamical Systems and Convergence
7 Neurons, Models and Invariants
Part II Neurodynamics of Embodied Behavior
8 Neurodynamics and Evolutionary Robotics
9 Attractor Landscapes in Active Tracking
Appendix: Learning
Appendix: Related Work
References
10 Convergent Evolution
of Behavioral Function
11 Neural Communication: Messages between Modules