Advances in Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence

Basic Models in Visual Sciences.- Physiology of Simple Photoreceptors in the Abdominal Ganglion of Onchidium.- Diffuse Nerve Net of Hydra Revealed by NADPH-Diaphorase Histochemical Labeling.- On Global Geometry of Image on Eye's Back.- Cortical Mechanism of Vision.- Independent Encoding of Position and Orientation by Population Responses in Primary Visual Cortex.- A Neural Model for Attentional Modulation of Lateral Interactions in the Visual Cortex.- Testing Viewpoint Invariance in the Neural Representation of Faces: An MEG Study.- Modeling Visual Information Processing in Brain: A Computer Vision Point of View and Approach.- Color Processing in Natural Vision.- Higher Order Color Mechanisms for Image Segmentation.- How Does the Brain Arrive at a Color Constant Descriptor?.- Temporal Characteristics of Artificial Retina Based on Bacteriorhodopsin and Its Variants.- Action Oriented Vision.- Vision and Action in the Language-Ready Brain: From Mirror Neurons to SemRep.- A Neural Network Model for a View Independent Extraction of Reach-to-Grasp Action Features.- Neuromimetic Indicators for Visual Perception of Motion.- Reversal of "Cubic" and "Cylindric" Figures.- Visual Recognition and Attentive Modulation.- Different Binding Strategies for the Different Stages of Visual Recognition.- The Bayesian Draughtsman: A Model for Visuomotor Coordination in Drawing.- Independent Component Analysis of Layer Optical Flow and Its Application.- A Self-organizing Approach to Detection of Moving Patterns for Real-Time Applications.- Biometric Recognition.- Recognition of Human Faces: From Biological to Artificial Vision.- Incremental Subspace Learning for Cognitive Visual Processes.- Real-Time Robot Manipulation Using Mouth Gestures in Facial Video Sequences.- ImageSegmentation and Recognition.- A Variational Bayes Approach to Image Segmentation.- Watershed Segmentation Via Case-Based Reasoning.- Digital Removal of Blotches with Variable Semi-transparency Using Visibility Laws.- Classification with Positive and Negative Equivalence Constraints: Theory, Computation and Human Experiments.- A Graph-Based Clustering Method and Its Applications.- Neural Object Recognition by Hierarchical Learning and Extraction of Essential Shapes.- Disparity Calculation and Noise Analysis.- Increasing Efficiency in Disparity Calculation.- Patterns of Binocular Disparity for a Fixating Observer.- 3D Reconstruction and Mapping from Stereo Pairs with Geometrical Rectification.- Noise Analysis for Depth Estimation.- Signal Identification in Neural Models.- Stimulus-Response Curves in Sensory Neurons: How to Find the Stimulus Measurable with the Highest Precision.- Molecular Mechanism of Glutamate-Triggered Brain Glucose Metabolism: A Parametric Model from FDG PET-Scans.- Steady-State Properties of Coding of Odor Intensity in Olfactory Sensory Neurons.- Input Identification in the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Neuronal Model with Signal Dependent Noise.- Numerical Results on the Hodgkin-Huxley Neural Network: Spikes Annihilation.- Excitatory Synaptic Interaction on the Dendritic Tree.- Ghost Stochastic Resonance for a Neuron with a Pair of Periodic Inputs.- Coincidence Detector Properties of Small Networks of Interneurons.- Computing the Maximum Using Presynaptic Inhibition with Glutamate Receptors.- Bounds of the Ability to Destroy Precise Coincidences by Spike Dithering.- Natural and Artificial Representation Issues in Artificial Intelligence.- Non-invasive Brain-Actuated Interaction.- Decomposition Approach to Solve Dial-a-Ride Problems Using Ant Computing andConstraint Programming.- Logic as Energy: A SAT-Based Approach.- Towards a Formal Approach to Generative Design: An Assistant System for the Creation of Artefact Models.- Using Software Agent Negotiation for Service Selection.- A Genetic Algorithm for the Quadratic Multiple Knapsack Problem.- The Application of Neural Networks in Classification of Epilepsy Using EEG Signals.- Meaning, Interaction and Emotion.- Moving Creative Words.- Applying Neural Networks to Knowledge Representation and Determination of Its Meaning.- New Frameworks to Boost Feature Selection Algorithms in Emotion Detection for Improved Human-Computer Interaction.- The Significance of Empty Speech Pauses: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues.- Human Robot Interactions: Towards the Implementation of Adaptive Strategies for Robust Communication.- Robot Navigation and Control.- A Neurosymbolic Hybrid Approach for Landmark Recognition and Robot Localization.- A Robotic Architecture with Innate Releasing Mechanism.- An Application of Vision Systems to the Path Planning of Industrial Robots.- Tracking Trajectories with a Robotic Manipulator with Singularities.- Motion Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots Based on Singularity Criteria.