Event Calendar:

May 2013
	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18	29	30	01	02	03	04	05
19	06	07	08	09	10	11	12
20	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
21	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
22	27	28	29	30	31	01	02

» All Events

Quick Links

Contact

Valentino Braitenberg, Prof. Dr. med. Dr rer. nat. h.c.

Picture of Braitenberg, Valentino, Prof. Dr. med. Dr rer. nat. h.c.

Valentino Braitenberg

Position: Emeritus Unit:

Overview
Publications

From 1968 until his retirement in 1994, Valentino Braitenberg was director of the department Structure and Function of Natural Nerve-Nets at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. His research was mainly based on the combination of neuroanatomy with brain theory, with the aim to understand mechanisms of brain functions. Main fields of research were the visual system of the fly, cerebellum and the physiology of movement, and structure and function of the cerebral cortex. Some of his topics on the cerebral cortex were: quantitative-anatomical studies on the cortex of the mouse and on the human cortical white matter, orientation specificity in the visual cortex of primates, connected also with psychophysical studies on humans, as well as a neurological theory of language.

Conference papers (33):
•	Braitenberg V (1988) Some Types of Movements In: Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, Addison-Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA, 555-565.
•	Braitenberg V (1987) Some problems in brain science awaiting theoretical treatment In: Physics of cognitive processes: Amalfi 1986, Physics of cognitive processes: Amalfi 1986, World Scientific, Singapore, 75-78.
•	Braitenberg V (1986) 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, Atti del Congresso Nuovi Problemi della Logica e della Filosofia della Scienza, Editrice CLUEB, Bologna, Italy, 1-1.
•	Braitenberg V (1986) Two views of the cerebral cortex In: 1st Trieste Meeting on Brain Theory, 1st Trieste Meeting on Brain Theory, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 81-96.
•	Braitenberg V (April-1982) Outline of a theory of the cerebral cortex In: Workshop on Biomathematics: Current Status and Future Perspectives, Workshop on Biomathematics: Current Status and Future Perspectives, North Holland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 127-132.
•	Braitenberg V (1981) A selection of facts and conjectures about the cerebral cortex inspired by the theory of cell assemblies 30th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Pergamon Press, New York, NY, USA, 287-289.
•	Braitenberg V (1981) Anatomical basis for divergence, convergence and integration in the cerebral cortex In: 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Pergamon Press, Oxford, Great Britain, 411-419.
•	Braitenberg V (June-1979) Skizze einer Theorie der Grosshirnrinde In: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 72. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Fischer, Stuttgart, Germany, 201-206.
•	Braitenberg V (1978) Cell assemblies in the cerebral cortex In: Theoretical Approaches to Complex Systems, Symposium Theoretical Approaches to Complex Systems 1977, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 171-188.
•	Braitenberg V (1976) Real Neural Networks In: Perspectives in brain research, 9th International Summer School of Brain Research 1975, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 197-205.
•	Braitenberg V (September-1975) The cerebral cortex from a neuroanatomical vantage point In: 1975 International Conference on Cybernetics and Society, 1975 International Conference on Cybernetics and Society, IEEE, New York, NY, USA, 114-116.
•	Braitenberg V (August-1974) 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, Physics and mathematics of the nervous system : proceedings of a Summer School, held at Trieste, August 21-31, 1973, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 290-298.
•	Braitenberg V (September-1972) 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, Synchronization of EEG activity in epilepsies : a symposium organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria September 12-13, 1971Synchronization of EEG activity in epilepsies : a symposium organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vien, Springer, Wien , Austria, 1-8.
•	Braitenberg V (March-1972) 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, Information processing in the visual systems of arthropods : symposium held at the Department of Zoology, University of Zurich, March 6-9, 1972, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 3-15.
•	Braitenberg V (1972) In serach of the neurological wiring responsible for optomotor reactions in insects In: III. International Symposium on Biocybernetics, III. International Symposium on Biocybernetics, VEB Fischer, Jena, GDR, 93-97.
•	Braitenberg V (October-1971) The structure of the visual ganglia in relation to studies on movement perception in the fly In: Congresso di Cibernetica, Congresso di Cibernetica, Lito Felici, Pisa, Italy, 42-53.
•	Braitenberg V (September-1971) What sort of computer do we expect to find associated with the compound eye of flying insects? In: Internationales Symposium Biokybernetik, Internationales Symposium Biokybernetik, Fischer, Jena, GDR, 215-220.
•	Braitenberg V (1969) The Anatomical Substratum of Visual Perception in Flies: A Sketch of the Visual Ganglia In: Processing of optical data by organisms and machines, International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi": Course XLIII, 1968, Academic Press, New York, NY, USA, 328-340.
•	Braitenberg V (1968) On chiasms In: Neural networks: Proceedings of the School on Neural Networks, June 1967 in Ravello, Neural networks: Proceedings of the School on Neural Networks, June 1967 in Ravello, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 34-42.
•	Braitenberg V (1968) On the neural optics behind the eye of the fly In: Cybernetic problems in bionics: Bionics Symposium 1966, Cybernetic problems in bionics: Bionics Symposium 1966, Gordon and Breach Science Publ., New York, NY, USA, 1-1.
•	Braitenberg V (1965) 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, 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, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, Italy, 1-6.
•	Braitenberg V (September-1964) 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, 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, Austria, 1-1.
•	Braitenberg V (1964) Ricerche di neuroanatomia e fisiologia 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, Italy, -.
•	Braitenberg V (June-1963) Alcuni modelli funzionali della corteccia telencefalica dei Mammiferi In: X. Rassegna Internazionale Elettronica Nucleare e Teleradiocinematografica, X. Rassegna Internazionale Elettronica Nucleare e Teleradiocinematografica, Roma, Italy, 155-182.
•	Braitenberg V (1963) 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, 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, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 160-176.
•	Braitenberg V and Onesto N (1962) The cerebellar cortex as a timing organ: Discussion of an hypothesis In: Atti del 1. Congresso internazionale di medicina cibernetica: Napoli, 2-5 ottobre 1960, Atti del 1. Congresso internazionale di medicina cibernetica: Napoli, 2-5 ottobre 1960, Società Internazionale di Medicina Cibernetica, Napoli, Italy, 3-19.
•	Braitenberg V (1952) Ricerche istopatologiche sulla corteccia frontale di schizofrenici In: 1st International Conference on Neuropathology, 1st International Conference on Neuropathology, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, Italy, 621-626.
Contributions to books (43):
•	Braitenberg V : La borsa o la vita: an excercise in applied logics ; Appendix to: Remarks on the Semantics of "Information", 35-38. In: Imagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello‘s Scientific Heritage, (Ed) S. Termini, Springer-Italia, Milano, Italy, (January-2006).
•	Braitenberg V : Remarks on the Semantics of "Information", 31-38. In: Imagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiellos Scientific Heritage, (Ed) S. Termini, Springer-Verlag Italia, Milano, Italy, (January-2006).
•	Crespi Reghizzi S and Braitenberg V : Towards a brain compatible theory of syntax based on local testability, 17-32. In: Grammars and automata for string processing: from mathematics and computer science to biology, and back, (Ed) C. Martin-Vide, Taylor & Francis, London, UK, (2003).
•	Schüz A and Braitenberg V : The Human Cortical White Matter: Quantitative Aspects of Cortico-Cortical Long-Range Connectivity, 377-385. In: Cortical areas: unity and diversity, (Ed) A. Schüz, Taylor & Francis, London, UK, (May-2002).
•	Schüz A and Braitenberg V : Cerebral cortex: Organization and Function, 1634-1660. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, (Ed) N. J. Smelser, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2001).
•	Braitenberg V : Postlude: The neuroanatomy of time, 391-396. In: Time and the brain, (Ed) R. Miller, Harwood Academic, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (2000).
•	Braitenberg V : Entspringt die Logik dem Gehirn oder das Gehirn der Logik?, 119-129. In: Die Natur ist unser Modell von ihr: Forschung und Philosophie ; das Bozner Treffen 1995, (Ed) V. Braitenberg, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany, (1996).
•	Braitenberg V and Schüz A : Gehirn (brain), 211-221. In: Wörterbuch der Kognitionswissenschaft, (Ed) G. Strube, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, Germany, (1996).
•	Zanker JM and Braitenberg V : Psychophysical Mapping of Orientation Sensitivity in the Human Cortex, 19-36. In: Brain theory: biological basis and computational principles, (Ed) A. Aertsen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (1996).
•	Braitenberg V and Preissl H : Why is the output of the cerebellum inhibitory?, 113-115. In: Movement control, (Ed) P. Cordo, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, (1994).
•	Braitenberg V : Wie kommen Ideen ins Gehirn?, 153-171. In: Evolution: Entwicklung und Organisation in der Natur ; das Bozner Treffen 1993, (Ed) V. Braitenberg, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany, (1994).
•	Braitenberg V and Schüz A : Allgemeine Neuroanatomie, 485-485. In: Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie, (Ed) R.F. Schmidt, Springer, Berlin, Germany, (1993).
•	Braitenberg V : Intricacies of Movement Control: an essay, 307-307. In: Brain Theory: Spatio-Temporal Aspects of Brain Function, (Ed) A. Aertsen, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (1993).
•	Braitenberg V : How Ideas Survive Evidence to the Contrary: a Comment of Data Display and Modelling, 447-450. In: Information Processing in the Cortex: Experiments and Theory, (Ed) A. Aertsen, Springer, Berlin, Germany, (June-1992).
•	Braitenberg V : Manifesto of brain science, 473-477. In: Information Processing in the Cortex: Experiments and Theory, (Ed) A. Aertsen, Springer, Berlin, Germany, (1992).
•	Braitenberg V : Information from structure: a sketch of neuroanatomy, 107-120. In: Models of Neural Networks, (Ed) E. Domany, Springer, New York, NY, USA, (1991).
•	Braitenberg V : Durch ein schmales Fenster betrachtet, 331-347. In: Vor der Jahrtausendwende: Bericht zur Lage der Zukunft, (Ed) P. Sloterdijk, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (1990).
•	Braitenberg V : Leggere la struttura del cervello, 195-204. In: Mente umana, mente artificiale, (Ed) R. Viale, Feltrinelli, Milano, Italy, (1989).
•	Braitenberg V : Some Arguments for a Theory of Cell Assemblies in the Cerebral Cortex, 137-145. In: Neural connections, mental computation, (Ed) L. Nadel, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, (1989).
•	Braitenberg V : Structural Symmetries of Brains, 176-178. In: Encyclopedia of neuroscience, (Ed) G. Adelman, Birkhäuser, Boston, MA, USA, (1987).
•	Braitenberg V : The Cerebellum and the Physics of Movement: Some Speculations, 193-207. In: Cerebellum and neuronal plasticity, (Ed) M. Glickstein, Plenum Press, New York, NY, USA, (1987).
•	Braitenberg V : Was das Gehirn mit Information zu tun hat, 205-216. In: Der Informationsbegriff in Technik und Wissenschaft: wissenschaftliches Symposium der IBM Deutschland GmbH, 3. - 5. Dezember 1984 in Bad Neuenahr, (Ed) O. G. Folberth, Oldenbourg, München, Germany, (1986).
•	Braitenberg V : Charting the visual cortex, 379-414. In: Cerebral Cortex: Visual Cortex, (Ed) A. Peters, Plenum Press, New York, NY, USA, (June-1985).