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Saturday, May 18, 2024

An analogy for the brain as a computer

 





"Since different neuronal cell types are neatly organized into layers in the hippocampus, it has frequently been used as a model system for studying neurophysiology." 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus




Just as in a computer with its different components and logic gates, different regions of the brain have different functions, neurons, and activity levels. 

The diagram below shows which regions of a rat's hippocampus were active during a task:



The brain is indeed like a computer, but more like a punch card computer rather than a current one.









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