The unclosed loop--ESF minibrains meeting report
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Closed-loop Neuro-robotic Experiments to Test Computational Properties of Neuronal Networks
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1University of Manchester, UK. cobb@manchester.ac.uk
EMBO Reports
|April 16, 2011
Abstract:
The ESF-EMBO conference 'Functional Neurobiology in Minibrains' was held in the sunny Spanish seaside resort of Sant Feliu de Guíxols in October 2010. The meeting brought together approximately 100 scientists to discuss the interactions between neurobiology and robotics.
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