The Computational Brain
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The Computational Brain is an influential book that explores how principles of computation and neural networks can explain brain function and cognition.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Computational Brain canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2373533 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Computational Brain Context triple: [Terrence Sejnowski, notableWork, The Computational Brain]
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A.
Neural Computation
Neural Computation is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on theoretical and computational aspects of neural systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
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B.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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D.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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E.
The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Computational Brain Target entity description: The Computational Brain is an influential book that explores how principles of computation and neural networks can explain brain function and cognition.
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A.
Neural Computation
Neural Computation is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on theoretical and computational aspects of neural systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
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B.
The Human Brain
The Human Brain is a popular science book by Isaac Asimov that explains the structure, function, and mysteries of the human brain for a general audience.
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C.
How to Create a Mind
"How to Create a Mind" is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil that explores the workings of human intelligence and proposes designs for advanced artificial intelligence based on the brain’s principles.
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D.
How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works is a popular science book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores human thought and behavior through the lenses of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
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E.
The Emotion Machine
The Emotion Machine is a 2006 book by artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky that explores how human thinking and emotions can be understood as computational processes of the mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ scientific monograph ⓘ |
| addresses |
constraints from neurobiology on computational models
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how neural networks can implement cognitive functions ⓘ integration of psychology, neuroscience, and computation ⓘ levels of description in brain science ⓘ relationship between neural mechanisms and mental states ⓘ |
| author |
Patricia S. Churchland
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linked to:
Patricia Churchland
Terrence J. Sejnowski ⓘ
linked to:
Terrence Sejnowski
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| field |
cognitive science
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computational neuroscience ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
philosophers of mind
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researchers in cognitive science ⓘ researchers in neuroscience ⓘ students of computational neuroscience ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
naturalistic approach to mind and brain
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neurocomputational approach to cognition ⓘ |
| influencedField |
cognitive neuroscience
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computational neuroscience ⓘ philosophy of neuroscience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
biologically plausible computation
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brain function ⓘ cognition ⓘ computation in the brain ⓘ connectionism ⓘ consciousness ⓘ learning in neural systems ⓘ memory ⓘ motor control ⓘ neural coding ⓘ neural networks ⓘ neural representation ⓘ vision and visual processing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bridging philosophy of mind and neuroscience
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helping establish computational neuroscience as a field ⓘ systematic treatment of neural network models of cognition ⓘ |
| publisher | MIT Press ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Computational Brain Description of subject: The Computational Brain is an influential book that explores how principles of computation and neural networks can explain brain function and cognition.
Referenced by (1)
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