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Publications of Valentin Braitenberg

Books  

  Braitenberg, V.: Information - der Geist in der Natur.  Schattauer, Stuttgart (2011)

(2004), sowie Schattauer, Stuttgart (2009).  Italienische Übersetzung: L‘immagine del mondo nella testa.  Adelphi, Milano (2008)

 Braitenberg, V.: Ill oder Der Engel und die Philosophen.  Haffmans, Zürich, Switzerland (1999), sowie ARUNDA 49/1999, und dtv, München (2001).

 Italienische Übersetzung: La vergine e i filosofi. Romanzo. Traven Books, Laives, France (2006)

 Sabin, S., Z. Gahse and V. Braitenberg: Wörter, Wörter, Wörter! Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen (1999)

Braitenberg, V.: Il gusto della lingua: Meccanismi cerebrali e strutture grammaticali. Alpha & Beta, Merano,Italy (1996)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Anatomy of the cortex: statistics and geometry. Springer, Berlin (1991),

2. Auflage unter dem Titel: Cortex: Statistics and geometry of neuronal connectivity (1998)

Italienische Übersetzung: I veicoli pensanti. Saggio di psicologia sintetica. Garzanti, Milano (1984)           
        Deutsche Übersetzung: Künstliche Wesen. Verhalten kybernetischer Vehikel. Vieweg, Braunschweig,

(1986), sowie Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany (1993), sowie: LIT-Verlag. Münster (2004)

 Japanische Übersetzung: Tetsugaku Shobo, Tokyo (1987)
 
Französische Übersetzung: Véhicules. Expériences en psychologie synthétique.  Presses Polytechniques

Romandes, Lausanne, Switzerland (1991)

Braitenberg, V.: Gescheit sein: und andere unwissenschaftliche Essays. Haffmans, Zürich, Switzerland (1987)

Italienische Übersetzung: Il cervello e le idee: saggi sull‘intelligenza, il linguaggio, la scienza. Garzanti, Milano (1989)

Braitenberg, V.: Gehirngespinste. Neuroanatomie für kybernetisch Interessierte. Springer, Berlin (1973)

Englische Übersertzung: On the Texture of Brains. An introduction to neuroanatomy for the cybernetically minded. Springer, New York, NY (1977), Chapter 2 reprinted (1994) in: Biology and Computation. A physicist’s choice. reprint volume, 78-81, (Eds.) H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, World Scientific, Singapore

 Italienische Übersetzung: I tessuti intelligenti. Paolo Boringhieri, Torino (1980)

 Kemali, M. and V. Braitenberg: Atlas of the frog‘s brain. Springer, Berlin (1969)

Edited books

Cognition and Consciousness. Ulmer Universitätsverlag, 2007

Braitenberg, V and A. Aertsen (Eds.): Brain Theory. Biological Basis and Computational Principles. Elsevier,

            Amsterdam, (1996)

Braitenberg, V. and I. Hosp (Eds.): Die Natur ist unser Modell von ihr. Forschung und Philosophie. Das

Bozner Treffen 1995. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg (1996)
 

Braitenberg, V. and I. Hosp (Eds.): Simulation. Computer zwischen Experiment und Theorie. Rowohlt,

Reinbek bei Hamburg (1995)

Braitenberg, V. and I. Hosp (Eds.): Evolution. Entwicklung und Organisation in der Natur. Das Bozner

Treffen 1993.  Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg (1994)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Aertsen (Eds.): Information Processing in the Cortex. Experiments and Theory.

Springer, Berlin (1992)

Braitenberg, V. (Ed.):  Das Unterdach des Abenlands. Arunda 23, Schlanders (1988)

Braga, G., Braitenberg, V., Cipolli, C., Coseriu, E., Crespi Reghizzi, S., Mehler, J. and R. Titone (Eds):

            L'accostamento interdisciplinare allo studio del linguaggio, Franco Angeli, Milano (1980)

Braitenberg, V. (Coordinating Ed.): Studies of brain function, 19 volumes, Springer, Berlin (1977-1993)

Proceedings 
 

Braitenberg, V. and D. Selvatico (Eds.): Il Laboratorio di scienze cognitive dell‘Università degli studi di Trento: Saggi e Lavori, Novembre 1999 - Dicembre 2000.  Università degli studi di Trento, Trento (2000)

Braitenberg, V. and C. G. Orsini (Eds.): Il Laboratorio di science cognitive, Attivitá ottobre 1998-novembre 1999, Vol. II, Progetti di ricerca. Università degli studi di Trento, Trento (1999)

Braitenberg, V. and C. G. Orsini (Eds.): Il Laboratorio di science cognitive, Attivitá ottobre 1998-novembre 1999, Vol. I, Saggi e lavori. Università degli studi di Trento, Trento (1999)

Braitenberg, V. and E.R, Caiainiello  (Eds.): Ricerche teoriche e sperimentali di cibernetica svolte nell‘anno accademico 1961-1962 nel Laboritorio di cibernetica presso l‘Istitutio di Fisica Teorica dell‘Università di Napoli.  Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma (1964)

Journal Articles 
 

Braitenberg, V.: In Defense of the Cerebellum. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 978, 175-183

(2002)
       

Heck, D., F. Sultan and V. Braitenberg: Sequential stimulation of rat cerebellar granular layer in vivo.

Further evidence of a "tidal-wave" timing mechanism in the cerebellum. Neurocomputing 38-40, 641-646 (2001)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Brain size and number of neurons. An exercise in synthetic neuroanatomy. Journal of

Computational Neuroscience 10(1), 71-77 (2001)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Thoughts on the neuronal hardware of language. Cognitive Processing 2(2-3), 263-278

(2001)

Braitenberg, V.: Informationsbiologie (Wenn ich heute Postdoc wäre...) Laborjournal 9, 18-20 (2000)

Braitenberg, V.: Selection, the Impersonal Engineer. Artificial Life 4(4), 309-310 (1998) [Note: Reprint of

Chapter 6 from Vehicles, Experiments in Synthetic Psychology]
 

Braitenberg, V., D. Heck and F. Sultan: The detection and generation of sequences as a key to cerebellar

function. Experiments and theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20(2), 229-245 (1997)
  

Braitenberg, V., D. Heck and F. Sultan: Waiting for the ultimate theory of the cerebellum. Behavioral and

Brain Sciences 20(2), 267-271 (1997)
  

Braitenberg, V.: Searching for language mechanisms in the brain. Cybernetics and Systems 28(3), 187-213

(1997)
     

Braitenberg, V.: L‘imitazione degli automi naturali. Sistemi e Impresa 39(10), 13-15 (1993)

Sultan, F. and V. Braitenberg: Shapes and sizes of different mammalian cerebella. A study in quantitative

comparative neuroanatomy. Journal für Hirnforschung 34(1), 79-92 (1993)
  

Braitenberg, V. and F. Pulvermüller: Entwurf einer neurologischen Theorie der Sprache.

Naturwissenschaften 79(3), 103-117 (1992)
     

Braitenberg, V. and H. Preissl: Why is the output of the cerebellum inhibitory? Behavioral and Brain Sciences

15, 715-717 (1992)

Braitenberg, V.: Reading the structure of brains. Network 1(1), 1-11 (1990). Reprinted (1994) in: Biology

and Computation. A physicist’s choice Reprint volume, 260-270, (Eds.) H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, World Scientific, Singapore
    

Braitenberg, V.: La corteccia cerebrale come sede di memoria associativa. Sistemi Intelligenti 2, 213-227

(1990)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Cortex: hohe Ordnung oder grösstmögliches Durcheinander? Spektrum der

Wissenschaft 1989(5), 74-86 (1989)

Braitenberg, V.: Der Wurm im Ich. Kursbuch 95, 39-45 (1989)

Braitenberg, V.: Monistische Meditationen. Kursbuch 91, 161-171 (1988)

Braitenberg, V.: Sieben Schnitte durch die Wissenschaft. Das Fenster: Tiroler Kulturzeitschrift 1986, 3863-

3866 (1986)

Braitenberg, V.: Lalula: das Nichtverstandenwerden und die Sprache. Kursbuch 84, 52-56 (1986)

Braitenberg, V.: Gescheit sein! Kursbuch 80, 1-9 (1985)

Braitenberg, V.: Tentakeln des Geistes. Kursbuch 78, 35-45 (1984)

Braitenberg, V.: Alla ricerca di morfemi all‘interno del cervello. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia 3, 521-541

(1983)

Braitenberg, V.: The cerebellum revisited. Journal of Theoretical Neurobiology 2, 237-241 (1983)

Braitenberg, V.: Das Gehirn, die graue Eminenz des Verhaltens. Das Fenster: Tiroler Kulturzeitschrift 31,

3114-3120 (1982)

Braitenberg, V. and C. Braitenberg: Geometry of orientation columns in the visual cortex. Biological

Cybernetics 33(3), 179-186 (1979)
         

Braitenberg, V.: The concept of symmetry in neuroanatomy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

299, 186-196 (1977)
     

Burkhardt, W. and V. Braitenberg: Some peculiar synaptic complexes in the first visual ganglion of the fly,

Musca domestica. Cell and Tissue Research 173(3), 287-308 (1976)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Real Neural Networks. Progress in Brain Research 45, 197-205 (1976)
     

Braitenberg, V, L.J. Garey, F.L. Rice and H. van der Loos.: Letters to the editor. Report on the workshop

Organization and Processing in Neocortex. Neuroscience Letters 1(6), 349-353 (1975)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Thoughts on the cerebral cortex. Journal of Theoretical Biology 46(2), 421-427 (1974)
       

Braitenberg, V. and P. Debbage: A regular net of reciprocal synapses in the visual system of the fly, Musca

domestica. Journal of Comparative Physiology 90(1), 25-31 (1974)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Remarks on the Texture of Brains. International Journal of Neuroscience 6(1), 5-6 (1973)
  

Braitenberg, V. and H. Hauser-Holschuh: Patterns of projection in the visual system of the fly II:

Quantitative aspects of second order neurons in relation to models of movement perception. Experimental Brain Research 16(2), 184-209 (1972)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Ordnung und Orientierung der Elemente im Sehsystem der Fliege. Kybernetik 7(6), 235-242

(1970)
       

Strausfeld, N. J. and V. Braitenberg: The compound eye of the fly (Musca domestica): connections between

the cartridges of the lamina ganglionaris. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie 70(2), 95-104 (1970)
       

Braitenberg, V. and M. Kemali: Exceptions to bilateral symmetry in the epithalamus of lower vertebrates.

Journal of Comparative Neurology 138(2), 137-146 (1970)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Hirnforschung zwischen Lokalisationslehre und Systemanalyse. Attempto 35-36, 43-48

(1970)

Reichardt, W., V. Braitenberg and G. Weidel: Auslösung von Elementarprozessen durch einzelne

Lichtquanten im Fliegenauge: Verhaltensexperimente an der Stubenfliege Musca. Kybernetik 5(4), 148-169 (1968)
       

Braitenberg, V. and K. Kirschfeld: Optische und neurale Projektion der Umwelt auf die Ganglien im

Komplexauge der Fliege. Mitteilungen der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 1968(3), 185-206 (1968)

Braitenberg, V.: Contributi tecnici e concettuali dell‘elettronica allo studio dei cervelli viventi. Atti della

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 365(110), 1 (1968)

Braitenberg, V., V. Guglielmotti and E. Sada: Correlation of crystaL growth with the staining of axons by

the Golgi procedure. Stain Technology 42(6), 277-283 (1967)
    

Braitenberg, V.: On the use of theories, models and cybernetical toys in brain research. Brain Research 6(2),

201-216 (1967)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Patterns of projection in the visual system of the fly. I. Retina-lamina projections.

Experimental Brain Research 3(3), 271-298 (1967)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Is the cerebellar cortex a biological clock in the millisecond range? Progress in Brain

Research 25, 334-346 (1967)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Unsymmetrische Projektion der Retinulazellen auf die Lamina ganglionaris bei der Fliege

Musca domestica. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie 52(2), 212-214 (1966)
     

Braitenberg, V. and C. Taddei Ferretti: Landing reaction of musca domestica induced by visual stimuli.

Naturwissenschaften 53(6), 155 (1966)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Electroencephalographic evidence of "Gestalt" in the perception of movement by the frog.

Kybernetik 2(6), 284-287 (1965)
       

Braitenberg, V., G. Gambardella, G. Ghigo and U. Vota: Observations on spike sequences from

spontaneously active Purkinje cells in the frog. Kybernetik 2(5), 197-205 (1965)
       

Braitenberg, V.: What can be learned from spike interval histograms about synaptic mechanisms. Journal of

Theoretical Biology 8(3), 419-425 (1965)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Taxis, Kinesis and Decussation. Progress in Brain Research 17, 210-222 (1965)
     

Braitenberg, V. and E. Sada: Osservazioni sul metodo cromoargentico di Golgi. Laboratorio Scientifico 12(3),

65-72 (1964)

Braitenberg, V.: Considerazioni cibernetiche sulla logica. Scientia 98, 233-238 (1963)

Braitenberg, V.: A note on myeloarchitectonics. Journal of Comparative Neurology 118(2), 141-156 (1962)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Functional interpretation of cerebellar histology. Nature 190(4775), 539-540 (1961)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Funktionelle Deutung von Strukturen in der grauen Substanz des Nervensystems.

Naturwissenschaften 48(14), 489-496 (1961)
  

Braitenberg, V.: Sulle possibili ragioni dell‘eccellenza dei cervelli naturali rispetto a quelli artificiali. Scientia

55, 1-5 (1961)

Braitenberg, V. and F. Lauria: Toward a mathematical description of the grey substance of nervous systems.

Il Nuovo Cimento 18(Supplement 2), 149-165 (1960)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Morphology of nerve nets. Il Nuovo Cimento 13(Supplement 2), 521-531 (1959)
     

Braitenberg, V., E. R. Caianiello, F. Lauria and N. Onesto: A system of coupled oscillators as a functional

model of neuronal assemblies. Il Nuovo Cimento 11(2), 278-282 (1959)
     

Braitenberg, V.: L‘imitazione degli automi naturali. Methodos 11, 1-9 (1959)

Braitenberg, V. and R. P. Atwood: Morphological observations on the cerebellar cortex. Journal of

Comparative Neurology 109(1), 1-33 (1958)
     

Braitenberg, V. and B. Callieri: Malattia demielinizzante tipo Schilder a decorso acutissimo. Rivista di

Neurologia 25(5), 771-786 (1955)
  

Braitenberg, V.: Il metodo più rapido di colorazione delle fibre mieliniche. Laboratorio Scientifico 3, 1 (1955)

Spaccarelli, G. and V. Braitenberg: Storia dei bromuri e dei composti organici di sintesi nella cura

dell‘epilessia. Recenti Progressi in Medicina 19, 419-433 (1955)

Braitenberg, V.: Zur Frage der anatomischen Veränderungen des Gehirns bei Schizophrenie. Münchener

Medizinische Wochenschrift 96(14), 365-367 (1954)

Ederli, A. and V. Braitenberg: Sugli astrocitomi diffusi. Rivista di Neurologia 23(2), 97-126 (1953)
  

Braitenberg, V.: Sulle strie orizzontali della corteccia cerebrale. Il Lavoro Neuropsichiatrico 13, 398-409

(1953)

Conference Papers 

Braitenberg, V.: Elementary Neural Mechanisms for Linguistic Modelling. In: Interdisciplinary Approaches to a

New Understanding of Cognition and Conciousness. Ergebnisband Villa Vigoni Konferenz, Italy 1997, Ulmer Universitätsverlag (2007)

Braitenberg, V.: Sketch of a proof of Goldbach‘s conjecture. In: Il Laboratorio di scienze cognitive

dell‘Università degli studi di Trento. Saggi e Lavori, Novembre 1999 - Dicembre 2000, 470-479. (Eds.) Braitenberg, V., D. Selvatico, Universitá degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy (2003)

Braitenberg, V.: Remarks on the semantics of "information" In: Il Laboratorio di scienze cognitive

dell‘Università degli studi di Trento: Saggi e Lavori, Novembre 1999 - Dicembre 2000, 239-241. (Eds.) Braitenberg, V., D. Selvatico, Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, Italy (2003)

Braitenberg, V.: The cerebellar network. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on

Conceptual Tools for Understanding Nature (Eds.) Costa, G., G. Calucci, M. Giorgi, World Scientific, Singapore (1995)

Schüz, A. and V. Braitenberg: Constraints to a random plan of cortical connectivity. In: Structural and

functional organization of the neocortex, proceedings of a symposium in the memory of Otto D. Creutzfeldt, May 1993, 161-169. (Eds.) Albowitz, B., U. Kuhnt, H.C. Nothdurft, P. Wahle, Springer, Berlin (1994)

Braitenberg, V.:The cerebellar network: attempt at a formalization of its structure. In: Proceedings of the First

International Symposium on Conceptual Tools for Understanding Nature, 143-148. (Eds.) Costa, G. G. Calucci, M. Giorgi, World Scientific, Singapore (1993). Reprinted (1994) in: Biology and Computation. A physicist’s choice Reprint volume, 657-664, (Eds.) H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, World Scientific, Singapore 

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Basic features of cortical connectivity and some considerations on language.

In: Language Origin: a Multidisciplinary Approach, 89-102. (Eds.) Wind, J., B. Chiarelli, B. H. Bichakjian, A. Nocentini, A. Jonker, Kluwer, Dordrecht, Netherlands (1992)

Braitenberg, V.: Logics at different levels in the brain. In: Atti del Congresso Nuovi Problemi della Logica e

della Filosofia della Scienza . (Eds.) Constantini, D., M. C. Gavalotti, G. Corsi, G. Sambin, Editrice CLUEB, Bologna (1991)

Braitenberg, V.: Some Types of Movements. In: Artificial life.  Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on

the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, 555-565. (Eds.) Langton, C. G. Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA (1988)

Braitenberg, V.: Some problems in brain science awaiting theoretical treatment. In: Physics of cognitive

processes: Amalfi 1986, 75-78. (Eds.) Caianiello, E. R. World Scientific, Singapore (1987)

Braitenberg, V.: Describing the brain in logical terms or the logical terms in the brain. In: Atti del Congresso

Nuovi Problemi della Logica e della Filosofia della Scienza, Editrice CLUEB, Bologna (1986)

Braitenberg, V.: Two views of the cerebral cortex. In: Brain theory. Proceedings of the 1st Trieste Meeting on

Brain Theory, Oct. 1 - 4, 1984, 81-96. (Eds.) Palm, G., A. Aertsen, Springer, Berlin (1986)

Braitenberg, V.: Outline of a theory of the cerebral cortex. In: Biomathematics in 1980: papers presented at a

workshop on Biomathematics, 127-132. (Eds.) Ricciardi, L. M., A. Scott, North Holland, Amsterdam (1982)

Braitenberg, V.: A selection of facts and conjectures about the cerebral cortex inspired by the theory of cell

assemblies. In: Advances in Physiological Sciences. Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 287-289. (Eds.) Szekely, G., E. Labos, S. Damjanovich, Pergamon Press, New York, NY (1981)

Braitenberg, V.: Anatomical basis for divergence, convergence and integration in the cerebral cortex. In:

Sensory Functions. Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 411-419. (Eds.) Grastyan, E., P. Molnar, Pergamon Press, Oxford (1981)

Braitenberg, V.: Skizze einer Theorie der Grosshirnrinde. In: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen

Gesellschaft: auf der 73. Jahresversammlung, 201-206, Fischer, Stuttgart (1979)

Braitenberg, V.: Cell assemblies in the cerebral cortex. In: Theoretical approaches to complex systems.

Proceedings, Tübingen, June 11-12, 1977, 171-188. (Eds.) Heim, R., G. Palm, Springer, Berlin, Germany (1978)

Braitenberg, V.: The cerebral cortex from a neuroanatomical vantage point. In: Proceedings of the 1975 International Conference on Cybernetics and Society, 114-116, IEEE, New York, NY, USA (1975)

Braitenberg, V.: On the representation of objects and their relations in the brain. In: Physics and mathematics

of the nervous system. Proceedings of a Summer School, held at Trieste, August 21-31, 1973, 290-298. (Eds.) Conrad, M., W. Güttinger, M. Dal Cin, Springer, Berlin (1974)

Braitenberg, V.: Comparison of different cortices as a basis for speculations on their function.  In:

Synchronization of EEG activity in epilepsies : a symposium organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria September 12-13, 1971, 1-8. (Eds.) Petsche, H., M. A.B. Brazier, Springer, Wien (1972)

Braitenberg, V.: Periodic structures and structural gradients in the visual ganglia of the fly. In: Information

processing in the visual systems of arthropods. Symposium held at the Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, March 6-9, 1972, 3-15. (Eds.) Wehner, R. Springer, Berlin, Germany (1972)

Braitenberg, V.: In serach of the neurological wiring responsible for optomotor reactions in insects. In:

Proceedings of the III. International Symposium on Biocybernetics, 93-97. (Eds.) Drischel, H., P. Dettmar, VEB Fischer, Jena, GDR (1972)

Braitenberg, V.: The structure of the visual ganglia in relation to studies on movement perception in the fly.

In: Atti del Congresso di Cibernetica, Vol.1.,  42-53. (Eds.) Baldocchi, M. A., F. Lenci, Lito Felici, Pisa (1971)

Braitenberg, V.: What sort of computer do we expect to find associated with the compound eye of flying

insects? In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Biocybernetics, 215-220, Fischer, Jena, GDR (1971)

Braitenberg, V.: The anatomical substratum of visual perception in flies. In: Elaborazione di dati ottici da parte

di organismi e di macchine: Corso 43, 328-340. (Ed.) Reichardt, W. Academic Press, New York, NY (1969)

Braitenberg, V.: On the neural optics behind the eye of the fly. In: Proceedings of the international school of

physics "Enrico Fermi ", 15-27 July 1968: Processing of optical data by organisms and by machines.

(Ed.) Reichardt, W. Academic Press, New York, NY (1969)

Braitenberg, V.: On the neural optics behind the eye of the fly. In: Cybernetic problems in bionics: Bionics

Symposium 1966, 323-335. (Eds.) Oestreicher, H. L., D. R. Moore, Gordon and Breach Science Publ., New York, NY (1968)

Braitenberg, V.: On chiasms. In: Neural networks. Proceedings of the School on Neural Networks, June 1967

in Ravello, 34-42. (Ed.) Caianiello, E. R. Springer, Berlin, Germany (1968)

Braitenberg, V.: A note on the control of voluntary movements. In: Cybernetics of neural processes: course

held at the International School of Physics, sponsored by NATO at the Istituto di Fisica Teories, Università di Napoli, April 26 - May 13, 1962, 1-6. (Ed.) Caianiello, E. R. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italy (1965)

Braitenberg, V.: Rückschlüsse auf die Funktionscharakteristik einzelner Neurone aus der Statistik spontaner

Spikefolgen. In: Gemeinsame Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biophysik e.V., der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Reine und Angewandte Biophysik und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Strahlenbiologie, Metropress, Wien (1964)

Braitenberg, V.: Alcuni modelli funzionali della corteccia telencefalica dei Mammiferi. In: X. Rassegna

Internazionale Elettronica Nucleare e Teleradiocinematografica, 155-182 (1963)

Braitenberg, V.: Histology, histonomy, histologic. In: Nerve, brain and memory models. Symposium on

Cybernetics of the Nervous System which was held as part of the 2. International Meeting of Medical Cybernetics at the Royal Academy of Sciences at Amsterdam from 16 - 18 April, 1962, 160-176. (Ed.) Wiener, N. Elsevier, Amsterdam (1963)

Braitenberg, V. and N. Onesto: The cerebellar cortex as a timing organ: Discussion of a hypothesis. In: Atti

del 1. Congresso internazionale di medicina cibernetica: Napoli, 2-5 ottobre 1960, 3-19, Società Internazionale di Medicina Cibernetica, Napoli (1962)

Braitenberg, V.: Ricerche istopatologiche sulla corteccia frontale di schizofrenici. In : Proceedings of the 1st

International Conference on Neuropathology, 621-626, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, Italy (1952)
  

Book Chapters 
 

Braitenberg, V.: La borsa o la vita: an excercise in applied logics ; Appendix to: Remarks on the Semantics of

"Information". In: Imagination and Rigor. Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello‘s Scientific Heritage, 35-38. (Ed.) Termini, S. Springer-Italia, Milano, Italy (2006)

Braitenberg, V.: Remarks on the Semantics of "Information". In: Imagination and Rigor. Essays on Eduardo R.

Caianiello’s Scientific Heritage, 31-38. (Eds.) Termini, S. Springer-Verlag Italia, Milano, Italy (2006)

Crespi Reghizzi S. and Braitenberg V.: Towards a brain compatible theory of syntax based on

local testability. In: Grammars and Automata for String Processing, Topics in Computer Mathematics, Vol. 9, pp. 17-32, (Eds.) C. Martin-Vide, V. Mitrana, Taylor and Francis (2003)
     

Schüz, A. and V. Braitenberg: The human cortical white matter - quantitative aspects of cortico-cortical long-

range connectivity. In: Cortical Areas: Unity and Diversity, 377-385. (Eds.) Schüz, A., R. Miller, Taylor & Francis, London (2002)

Schüz, A. and V. Braitenberg: Cerebral cortex: Organization and Function. In: International Encyclopedia of

the Social and Behavioral Sciences, N.J. Smelser and B. Baltes (eds.-in-chief) 3, 1634-1660. (Eds.) Smelser, N. J., P. Baltes, Elsevier, Amsterdam (2001)
       

Braitenberg, V.: Postlude: The neuroanatomy of time. In: Time and the Brain, 391-396. (Ed.) Miller, R.,

Harwood Academic, Amsterdam (2000)

Braitenberg, V.: Entspringt die Logik dem Gehirn oder das Gehirn der Logik? In: Die Natur ist unser Modell

von ihr, 119-129 (Eds.) V. Braitenberg, I. Hosp. Rowohlt,  Reinbek bei Hamburg (1996)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Gehirn (brain) In: Wörterbuch der Kognitionswissenschaft, 211-221. (Eds.)

Strube, G., B. Becker, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart (1996)

Zanker, J. M. and V. Braitenberg: Psychophysical Mapping of Orientation Sensitivity in the Human Cortex.

In: Brain theory: biological basis and computational principles, 19-36. (Eds.) Aertsen, A., V. Braitenberg, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1996)
     

Braitenberg, V.: Wie kommen Ideen ins Gehirn? In: Evolution - Entwicklung und Organisation in der Natur.

Das Bozner Treffen 1993, 153-171. (Eds.) Braitenberg, V., I. Hosp, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg (1994)

Braitenberg, V. and H. Preissl: Why is the output of the cerebellum inhibitory? In: Movement control, 113-

115. (Eds.) Cordo, P., S. R. Harnad, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain (1994)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Allgemeine Neuroanatomie. In: Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie (Eds.) Schmidt,

R. F., N. Birbaumer, Springer, Berlin, Germany (1993) [Note: revised editions in 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006]

Braitenberg, V.: Intricacies of movement control: an essay. In: Brain Theory. Spatio-Temporal Aspects of

Brain Function, 119-126. (Ed.) Aertsen, A. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1993)
  

Braitenberg, V.: How ideas survive evidence to the Contrary. A comment of data Display and modelling. In:

Information Processing in the Cortex: Experiments and Theory, 447-450. (Eds.) Aertsen, A., V. Braitenberg, Springer, Berlin, Germany 1992)
  

Braitenberg, V.: Manifesto of brain science. In: Information Processing in the Cortex. Experiments and

Theory, 473-477. (Eds.) Aertsen, A., V. Braitenberg, Springer, Berlin, Germany (1992). Reprinted (1994) in: Biology and Computation. A physicist’s choice. Reprint volume, 82-86, (Eds.) H. Gutfreund and G. Toulouse, World Scientific, Singapore

Braitenberg, V.: Information from structure - a sketch of neuroanatomy. In: Models of Neural Networks, 107-

120. (Eds.) Domany, E., J. L. Van Hemmen, K. Schulten, Springer, New York, NY, USA (1991)

Braitenberg, V.: Durch ein schmales Fenster betrachtet. In: Vor der Jahrtausendwende. Bericht zur Lage der

Zukunft 2, 331-347. (Ed.) Sloterdijk, P. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1990)

Braitenberg, V.: Leggere la struttura del cervello. In: Mente umana, mente artificiale, 195-204. (Eds.) Viale,

R., M. A. Boden, Feltrinelli, Milano, Italy (1989) [Note: Original: Reading the structures of brains]

Braitenberg, V.: Some arguments for a theory of cell assemblies in the cerebral cortex. Neural connections,

mental computation, 137-145. (Eds.) Nadel, L., L. A. Cooper, P. W. Culicover, R. M. Harnish, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA (1989)

Braitenberg, V.: The Cerebellum and the Physics of Movement - Some Speculations. In: Cerebellum and

neuronal plasticity, 193-207. (Eds.) Glickstein, M., C. Yeo, J. Stein, Plenum Press, New York, NY (1987)

Braitenberg, V.: Structural Symmetries of Brains. Encyclopedia of neuroscience 1, 176-178. (Eds.) Adelman,

G. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA, USA (1987)

Braitenberg, V.: Was das Gehirn mit Information zu tun hat. In: Der Informationsbegriff in Technik und

Wissenschaft. Wissenschaftliches Symposium der IBM Deutschland GmbH, 3. - 5. Dezember 1984 in Bad Neuenahr, 205-216. (Eds.) Folberth, O. G., C. Hackl, Oldenbourg, München (1986)

Braitenberg, V.: Charting the visual cortex. In: Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 3,  Visual Cortex, 379-414. (Eds.) Peters,

A., E. G. Jones, Plenum Press, New York, NY (1985)
  

Braitenberg, V.: An isotropic network which implicitly defines orientation columns: discussion of a hypothesis.

In: Models of the visual cortex, 479-484. (Eds.) Rose, D., V. G. Dobson, Wiley, Chichester (1985)

Braitenberg, V.: Kolicestvennye aspekty anatomii kory golovnogo mozga v svete teorii nejronnych ansamblej.

In: Problemy nejrofiziologii i nejrokibernetiki, 115-118. (Eds.) Chorayan, O. G. Rostovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet, Rostov-na-Donu, Soviet Union (1985) [Note: Quantitative aspects of cortical anatomy in the light of the theory of cell assemblies]

Braitenberg, V.: Associativnaja sistema v kore golovnogo mozga mysi. Associativnye sistemy mozga, 34-42.

(Eds.) Batuev, A. S. Nauka, Leningrad, Soviet Union (1985) [Note: Associative systems in the cerebral cortex of the mouse]

Braitenberg, V.: Das Raster der neuronalen Elemente in der Sehrinde und seine neurophysiologischen

Konsequenzen. In: Pathophysiologie des Sehens. Grundlagenforschung und Klinik der visuellen Sensorik, 123-133. (Eds.) Herzau, V. Enke, Stuttgart (1984)

Fahle, M. and V. Braitenberg: Some quantitative aspects of cerebellar anatomy as a guide to speculation on

cerebellar functions. In: Cerebellar Functions, 186-200. (Eds.) Bloedel, J. R., J. Dichgans, W. Precht, Springer, Berlin (1984)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: Some anatomical comments on the Hippocampus. In: Neurobiology of the

Hippocampus, 21-37. (Eds.) Seifert, W. Academic Press, London (1983)

Braitenberg, V.: Alcune considerazioni sui meccanismi cerebrali del linguaggio. In:  L‘accostamento

interdisciplinare allo studio del linguaggio, 96-108. (Eds.) Braga, G., V. Braitenberg, C. Cipolli, E. Coseriu, S. Crespi-Rhegizzi, J. Mehler, R. Titone. Franco Angeli, Milano (1980)

Braitenberg V. and  Crespi-Reghizzi S. Proposte e congetture sull’elaborazione del linguaggio nei

calcolatori e nel cervello. In: L’accostamento interdisciplinare allo studio

del linguaggio, 93-95. (Eds.) Braga, G., V. Braitenberg, C. Cipolli, E. Coseriu, S. Crespi-Rhegizzi, J.

Mehler, R. Titone. Franco Angeli, Milano (1980)

Braitenberg, V.: Cortical architectonics: General and areal. In: Architectonics of the cerebral cortex, 443-465.

(Eds.) Brazier, M. A.B., H. Petsche, Raven Press, New York, NY (1978)

Palm, G. and V. Braitenberg: Tentative contributions of neuroanatomy to nerve net theories. In: Progress in

cybernetics and systems research: General systems methodology, fuzzy mathematics and fuzzy systems, biocybernetics and theoretical neurobiology 3, 369-374. (Eds.) Trappl, R., G. J. Klir, L. Ricciardi, Wiley, New York, NY  (1978)

Braitenberg, V.: Beyond the wiring diagram of the lamina ganglionaris in the fly. In: Neural principles in vision, 238-244. (Eds.) Zettler, F., D. L. Alkon, Springer, Berlin, Germany (1976)

Braitenberg, V.: Golgi methods. In: The encyclopedia of microscopy and microtechnique, 229-232. (Eds.)

Gray, P. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY (1973)

Braitenberg, V. and N. J. Strausfeld: Principles of the mosaic organization in the visual system‘s neuropil of

Musca domestica. In: Central processing of visual information, Part A: Integrative functions and comparative data 7,3,A, 631-659. (Eds.) Autrum, H., R. Jung, Springer, Berlin, Germany (1973)

Braitenberg, V. and K. Kirschfeld: Datenübertragung im Komplexauge der Fliege. In: Kybernetik - Brücke

zwischen den Wissenschaften, 105-113. (Eds.) Frank, H. Umschau Verlag, Frankfurt a.M. (1970)

Braitenberg, V.: Models of brain function: Discussion. In: Basic Mechanisms of the epilepsies, 768-771. (Eds.)

Jasper, H. H., A. A. Ward, A. Pope, Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA (1969)

Braitenberg, V.: Some old ideas about the human brain from a recent point of view. In: Cross-cultural

understanding: epistemology in anthropology, (Eds.) Northrop, F. S.C., H. H. Livingston, Harper &

Row, New York, NY (1964)

Braitenberg, V.: Ricerche di neuroanatomia e fisiologia. In: Ricerche teoriche e sperimentali di cibernetica

svolte nell‘anno accademico 1961-1962 nel Laboritorio di cibernetica presso l‘Istitutio di fisica teorica dell‘Università di Napoli, 43-50.  Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma (1964)

Wahren, W. and V. Braitenberg: The brain as a whole. Einführung in die stereotaktischen Operationen mit

einem Atlas des menschlichen Gehirns, 42-64. (Eds.) Schaltenbrand, G. and P. Bailey, Thieme,

Stuttgart (1959)

Braitenberg, V.: Die Gliederung der Stirnhirnrinde auf Grund ihres Markfaserbaus. In: Das Hirntrauma:

Beiträge zur Behandlung, Begutachtung und Betreuung Hirnverletzter, 183-203. (Ed.) Rehwald, E.

Thieme, Stuttgart, Germany (1956)

Braitenberg, V.: Ponte. Enciclopedia medica italiana 7, 1, Sansoni, Firenze, Italy (1955)

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Valverde, M. and V. Braitenberg: Hypercolumns vs. pinwheels. Neural Plasticity 2007(39th Annual

European Brain and Behaviour Society Abstracts), 36 (2007) doi:10.1155/2007/23250
     

Valverde, M. and V. Braitenberg: Pinwheels vs. Bow Ties. 10th Tübinger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK

2007) 10, 1 (2007)
    

Schüz, A. and V. Braitenberg: Cortico-cortical connectivity in the human brain: A study on the cortical white

matter. 7th Tübinger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK 2004) 7, 112 (Eds.) Bülthoff, H. H., H. A. Mallot,

R. Ulrich, F. A. Wichmann (2004)
    

Braitenberg, V.: The Associative Network in the Mouse Cortex. International Journal of Neuroscience 22(3-4),

171 (1984)
    

Braitenberg, V.: Explanation of orientation columns in terms of a homogeneous network of neurons in the

visual cortex. Abstracts of the Society of Neuroscience 9, 474 (1983)

Fahle, M. and V. Braitenberg: Curvature detection in the central and peripheral visual field of human

subjects. Neuroscience Letters Supplements 14, S 108 (1983)

Braitenberg, V. and A. Schüz: What kind of cortex is the Hippocampus? Abstracts of the Society of

Neuroscience 8, 1 (1982)

Braitenberg, V., G. Palm and A. Schüz: Functional aspects of the cortical anatomy. Neuroscience Letters

Supplements 1, 1 (1978)

Schüz, A., G. Palm and V. Braitenberg: Quantitative aspects of cortical anatomy. Neuroscience Letters

Supplements 1, 1 (1978)

Braitenberg, V.: Local variation of fiber structure in the telencephalic cortex of monkey and man. Anatomical

Record 127(2), 399-400 (1957)