This volume contains the Proceedings of a Conference on "Inter-
disciplinary Investigation of the Brain" held at Oxford, 11-13th, April
1972. The Congress was organised by the UK Liaison Committee for Sci-
ences Allied to Medicine and Biology (SAMB). This organisation was set
up in 1965 to promote the interdisciplinary approach to medical and
biological problems. The present -Conference is the third to be held
under the auspices of SAMB. It was planned to cover a wide range of
interests by inviting workers from various disciplines to speak about
their work in progress. It is hoped that the present volume will be of
interest and will vindicate this multidisciplinary approach. SESSIONAL
CHAIRMEN R. Cooper Burden Neurological Centre, Stapleton, Bristol,
England E. S. Watkins Department of Neurosurgery, London Hospital,
Whitechapel, London, EI, England W. A. Cobb National Hospital for
Nervous Diseases, Queens Square, London, WCI, England J. P. M. Tizard
Institute of Child Health, Hammersmith Hospital, London, Wl2, England G.
B. Arden Institute of Opthalmology, London, WCI, England C. R. Evans
Division of Computer Science, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington,
Middlesex, England CONTRIBIITORS D. Albe-Fessard Laboratoire de
Physiologie des Centres Nerveux, Paris, France J. Andrew Middlesex
Hospital, London, WI, England M. A. Armstrong James London Hospital,
Whitechapel, London, EI, England B. G. Batchelor Electronics Department,
University of Southampton, Southampton, England C. D. Binnie, Department
of Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, ECI,
England M. V. Driver Maudsley Hospital, London, SES, England vii viii
CONTRIBUTORS I. D.
