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Neogenomic events challenge current models of heritability, neuronal plasticity dynamics, and machine learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

Cláudio Eduardo Corrêa Teixeira
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. [email protected] Programa de Pesquisa em Neurociências e Comportamento, Universidade da Amazônia, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Nelson Monte de Carvalho-Filho
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. [email protected]
Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil. [email protected]

Abstract

We address current needs for neogenomics-based theoretical and computational approaches for several neuroscience research fields, from investigations of heritability properties, passing by investigations of spatiotemporal dynamics in the neuromodulatory microcircuits involved in perceptual learning and attentional shifts, to the application of genetic algorithms to create robots exhibiting ongoing emergence.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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