> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://elishai.gitbook.io/neuromorphic-engineering/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://elishai.gitbook.io/neuromorphic-engineering/preliminaries/preface.md).

# Preface

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Read [Robert Epstein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Epstein)'s article in the Aeon Magazine about the application of the [information processing theory ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_processing_theory)to cognition:

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