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Computational Psychiatry
Rodrick Wallace
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Description for Computational Psychiatry
Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book explores mental disorders from a uniquely evolutionary perspective. Although there have been many attempts to mathematically model neural processes and, to some extent, their dysfunction, there is very little literature that models mental function within a sociocultural, socioeconomic, and environmental context.
Addressing this gap in the extant literature, this book explores essential aspects of mental disorders, recognizing the ubiquitous role played by the exaptation of crosstalk between cognitive modules at many different scales and levels of organization, the missing heritability of complex diseases, and cultural epigenetics. Further, it introduces readers to valuable control theory tools that permit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319539096
SKU
V9783319539096
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Ref
99-15
About Rodrick Wallace
Rodrick Wallace, is a research scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and a professor at Columbia University. He received a B.S. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. A recipient of an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, he has also published the book “Gene Expression and Its Discontents” ... Read more
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