An internet in your head : a new paradigm for how the brain works

An internet in your head : a new paradigm for how the brain works /

"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 u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Daniel (Professor of psychology) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Computational neuroscience > Research.
Neurobiology > Mathematical models.
Communication.
Neural networks (Neurobiology)
Neurosciences informatiques > Recherche.
Neurobiologie > Modèles mathématiques.
Réseaux neuronaux (Neurobiologie)
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology.
Communication
Table of Contents:
  • The internet-brain and the computer-brain
  • Metaphors for the brain
  • What we don't know about brains
  • From connectomics to dynomics
  • How the internet works
  • The internet metaphor: first steps to a new theory of the brain
  • Critique of the internet metaphor
  • The internet metaphor in action: emerging models and new technologies
  • The internet metaphor, AI, and us.

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