Britt Anderson graduated from the University of Southern California School of Medicine and trained in Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Subsequently, he received a PhD in Brain Science from Brown University. Since 2007 he has been a faculty member in the Dept of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Chapter 1: Introduction
PART 1: Modeling Neurons
Chapter 2: What is a Differential Equation?
Chapter 3: Numerical Application of a Differential Equation
Chapter 4: Intermezzo: Computing With Loops
Chapter 5: Integrate & Fire
Chapter 6: Intermezzo: Computing With If Statements
Chapter 7: Hodgkin & Huxley: The Men and Their Model
Chapter 8: Intermezzo: Computing With Functions
PART 2: Neural Networks
Chapter 9: Neural Network Mathematics: Vectors and Matrices
Chapter 10: Intermezzo: Interactive Computing
Chapter 11: An Introduction to Neural Networks
Chapter 12: Intermezzo: Interactive Exploration of the Delta Rule with Octave
Chapter 13: Auto-associative Memory and the Hopfield Net
PART 3: Probability and Psychological Models
Chapter 14: What are the Odds?
Chapter 15: Decisions as Random Walks
Chapter 16: Intermezzo: Programming Psychophysical Experiments with Python
PART 4: Cognitive Modeling as Logic and Rules
Chapter 17: Boolean Logic
Chapter 18: Intermezzo: Computing With Functional Languages
Chapter 19: Production Rules and Cognition
Chapter 20: Intermezzo: Functional Coding of a Simple Production System
Chapter 21 ACT-R: A Cognitive Architecture
Chapter 22: Agent Based Modeling
Chapter 23: Concluding Remarks