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Should the brain be regarded as a computer?

E A Spiegel

    Applied Neurophysiology
    |January 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    While the human brain shares some similarities with computers, significant differences exist. Therefore, viewing the brain solely as a computer is a potentially flawed approach.

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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive science
    • Neuroscience
    • Philosophy of mind

    Background:

    • Recent years have seen increasing analogies drawn between human thinking processes and computer mechanisms.
    • These comparisons highlight potential parallels in information processing and computational models.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To critically evaluate the extent to which the human brain can be accurately represented as a computer.
    • To identify both similarities and crucial differences between cerebral activities and computational systems.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparative analysis of cognitive functions and computational processes.
    • Literature review of existing analogies and discrepancies between brain and computer models.

    Main Results:

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    • Analogies exist, particularly in areas like information processing and logical operations.
    • Significant divergences are observed in complex cognitive functions, consciousness, and adaptability.

    Conclusions:

    • The human brain and computers exhibit fundamental differences that limit direct equivalence.
    • Considering the brain exclusively as a computer is an oversimplification and potentially misleading.