Evolutionary conservation and ontogenetic emergence of neural algorithms
Hermann Wagner, Dirk Kautz · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1998
Neural algorithms are conserved during evolution. Neurons with different shapes and using different molecular mechanisms can perform the same computation. However, evolutionary conservation of neural algorithms is not sufficient for claiming the realization of an algorithm for a specific computational problem. A plausible scheme for ontogenetic emergence of the structure of the algorithm must also be provided.