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Rejecting the "Brain-as-a-Computer" Model

Rejecting the "Brain-as-a-Computer" Model

Popular analogies compare the brain to a computer, but Jasanoff argues this is misleading. Unlike a machine, the brain constantly interacts with the body and environment, adapting in dynamic ways that no computer does.

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