The Brain from Inside Out, Paperback

Gy�rgy Buzs�ki's The Brain from Inside Out examines why the outside-in framework for understanding brain function have become stagnate and points to new directions for understanding neural function. Building upon the success of Rhythms of the Brain, Professor Buzs�ki presents the brain as a foretelling device that interacts with its environment through action and the examination of action's consequence. Instead of a brain that represents the world, consider that it is initially filled with nonsense patterns, all of which are gibberish until grounded by action-based interactions. By matching these nonsense "words" to the outcomes of action, they acquire meaning.

The Brain from Inside Out explains why our brain is not an information-absorbing coding device, as it is often portrayed, but a venture seeking explorer constantly controlling the body to test hypotheses. Our brain does not process information: it creates it.

About author(s):
Gy�rgy Buzs�ki is Biggs Professor of Neuroscience at New York University.
Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Co-recipient of the 2011 Brain Prize.
His main interest is neural syntax, how segmentation of neural information is organized to support cognitive functions.
Book: G. Buzs�ki, Rhythms of the Brain, Oxford University Press, 2006