An Internet in Your Head: A New Paradigm for How the Brain Works Tapa dura - 2021

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New. Whether we realize it or not, we think of our brains as computers. In neuroscience, the metaphor of the brain as a computer has defined the field for much of the modern era. But as neuroscientists increasingly reevaluate their assumptions about how brains work, we need a new metaphor to help us ask better questions. The computational neuroscientist Daniel Graham offers an innovative paradigm for understanding the brain. He argues that the brain is not like a single computer-it is a communication system, like the internet. Both are networks whose power comes from their flexibility and reliability. The brain and the internet both must route signals throughout their systems, requiring protocols to direct messages from just about any point to any other. But we do not yet understand how the brain manages the dynamic flow of information across its entire network. The internet metaphor can help neuroscience unravel the brain's routing mechanisms by focusing attention on shared design principles… Leer más

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Columbia Univ Pr, 2021. Hardcover. New. 336 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches.

Columbia University Press, 2021-05-04. Hardcover. New. Brand New Book

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