MATLAB for Neuroscientists, 2nd Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

The publication of the first edition of MATLAB for Neuroscientists was met with a reception that far exceeded our expectations, vindicating our intuition that there was an urgent need for such a text. Cynical voices often suggest that a new edition of a textbook is primarily designed to enrich the publisher. Not so in this case. While the first edition was widely adopted as a textbook as well as by individual students and investigators, several developments made it prudent to consider a second edition. First, neuroscience itself has changed, e.g., there is now an increased interest in the exploration of LFP signals. Second, MATLAB® has evolved, e.g., through the introduction of parallel computing environments. ...