Emergent Patterns and the Brain Author:Michael Thompson, Saman Sadeghi Written by well-respected researchers, this book describes how the human brain can process sensory information through the generation of emergent patterns, exploring the processes that enable thoughts to arise. The text addresses such concepts as consciousness, the role of complexity in emergence, the intelligence of complex systems, the human b... more »rain as a system, spatio-temporal patterns in the brain, self-organization, and synthetic cognitive system design. The contributors also discuss what lies ahead for the future of designed complex systems. By integrating the interdisciplinary fields of neuroscience and neurology, the text presents a logical approach to this topic.« less