04251cam a22005658i 4500 on1159872556 OCoLC 20220209192143.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 200914s2021 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2020040238 0231551614 (ebook) 9780231551618 (electronic bk.) 9780231196048 (hardback) EB00820866 Recorded Books 2458724 (OCoLC)1159872556 22573/ctv1q2rc0j JSTOR DLC eng rda pn DLC RECBK OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ CUV EBLCP N$T JSTOR pcc MAIN QP357.5 .G734 2021 SCI 089000 bisacsh COM 060000 bisacsh COM 004000 bisacsh 612.8/233 23 Graham, Daniel, author. An internet in your head : a new paradigm for how the brain works / Daniel Graham. New York : Columbia University Press, 2021. 1 online resource (344 pages) text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Intro -- Preface -- 1. The Internet-Brain and the Computer-Brain -- 2. Metaphors for the Brain -- 3. What We Don't Know About Brains -- 4. From Connectomics to Dynomics -- 5. How the Internet Works -- 6. The Internet Metaphor: First Steps to a New Theory of the Brain -- 7. Critique of the Internet Metaphor -- 8. The Internet Metaphor in Action: Emerging Models and New Technologies -- 9. The Internet Metaphor, AI, and Us -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index "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 and communication strategies that emerge from parallel challenges. Highlighting similarities between brain connectivity and the architecture of the internet can open new avenues of research and help unlock the brain's deepest secrets. An Internet in Your Head presents a clear-eyed and engaging tour of brain science as it stands today and where the new paradigm might take it next. It offers anyone with an interest in brains a transformative new way to conceptualize what goes on inside our heads"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Computational neuroscience Research. Neurobiology Mathematical models. Communication. Neural networks (Neurobiology) Electronic books. Print version: Graham, Daniel. An internet in your head New York : Columbia University Press, 2021. 9780231196048 (DLC) 2020040237 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2458724 Acceso Remoto EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2458724 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 297628 297628 ALA COVID Relief Fund 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-20 0 612.8/233 on1159872556 2021-12-20 00:00:00 2021-12-20 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-01-12 0 QP357.5 .G734 2021 50000003283644 2022-01-12 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-01-12 7