theoretical neuroscience

…on neural networks, and (3) theoretical neuroscience, which is in part an attempt to integrate aspects of the other two approaches in a neurologically realistic account of brain activity.

…of a synthesis, known as theoretical neuroscience, that would integrate the explanatory successes of rule-based and connectionist models. In the 1990s and 2000s, cognitive psychology became increasingly tied to neuroscience because of the development of new brain-measuring techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI; see also magnetic resonance imaging…

…early 21st century, researchers in theoretical neuroscience were still some years away from a grand unified theory of the mind that would tie together the diverse phenomena previously modeled by using rules and simple neural networks. Nevertheless, highly creative research was moving in that direction.