?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+What+and+Why+of+Binding%3A+The+Modeler's+Perspective&rft.creator=von+der+Malsburg%2C+Christoph&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=In+attempts+to+formulate+a+computational+understanding+of+brain+function%2C%0Aone+of+the+fundamental+concerns+is+the+data+structure+by+which+the+brain%0Arepresents+information.+For+many+decades%2C+a+conceptual+framework+has%0Adominated+the+thinking+of+both+brain+modelers+and+neurobiologists.+That%0Aframework+is+referred+to+here+as+%22classical+neural+networks.%22+It+is+well%0Asupported+by+experimental+data%2C+although+it+may+be+incomplete.+A%0Acharacterization+of+this+framework+will+be+offered+in+the+next+section.%0A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++%0ADifficulties+in+modeling+important+functional+aspects+of+the+brain+on+the%0Abasis+of+classical+neural+networks+alone+have+led+to+the+recognition+that%0Aanother%2C+general+mechanism+must+be+invoked+to+explain+brain+function.++That%0Amechanism+I+call+%22binding.%22+Binding+by+neural+signal+synchrony+had+been%0Amentioned+several+times+in+the+liter+ature+(Lege%C2%B4ndy%2C+1970%3B+Milner%2C+1974)%0Abefore+it+was+fully+formulated+as+a+general+phenomenon+(von+der+Malsburg%2C%0A1981).+Although+experimental+evidence+for+neural+syn+chrony+was+soon+found%2C%0Athe+idea+was+largely+ignored+for+many+years.+Only+recently+has+it+become+a%0Atopic+of+animated+discussion.+In+what+follows%2C+I+will+summarize+the+nature%0Aand+the+roots+of+the+idea+of+binding%2C+especially+of+temporal+binding%2C+and%0Awill+discuss+some+of+the+objec+tions+raised+against+it.%0A&rft.date=1999-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1488%2F1%2Fcvdm.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1488%2F5%2Fcvdm.pdf&rft.identifier=++von+der+Malsburg%2C+Christoph++(1999)+The+What+and+Why+of+Binding%3A+The+Modeler's+Perspective.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1488%2F