Memory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory over the course of the last several decades. * A provocative argument that impacts across the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, suggesting new perspectives on learning mechanisms in the brain * Proposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory * Suggests that the architecture of the brain is structured precisely for learning