Post by account_disabled on Dec 13, 2023 6:44:28 GMT
It is not surprising that throughout history the brain has been explain successively as: various levers and hydraulic actuators (Descartes th century. An enchant loom (Charles Sherrington early th century). A telephone switchboard (John Searle s). A computer (since the s of the th century). This last metaphor has prov quite persistent giving rise to what is call the Computational Theory of Mind. According to this model the brain would be a kind of control center isolat from the world which receives information about it through the senses. It interprets it according to certain models of representation and performance and generates responses accordingly.
This model assumes that the brain's essential mission is the processing of information which is introduc from the outside thanks to specializ mechanisms for translating external stimuli into internal representations understandable to Phone Number List our brain and manipulat by it. The computational model of the mind assumes that our brain is an information processing organ with the same functional elements as a computer. Image: Mª Teresa Herrero with Adobe Stock elements. This ructionist and limit view of the brain as a mere information processor has been completely abandon by neuroscience but it is still very popular unfortunately.
Sometimes metaphors are too powerful to disappear from the collective imagination. Memory the basis for interpreting our world From the moment we are born we begin to accumulate knowlge and experiences about our environment. This learning provides us with references with which to approach each new step and above all to survive. It must be remember that an area is usually flood or where there are berries (and when) to fe on are key for a hunter-gatherer. Remembering family and friendship relationships within a group of people is essential to develop socially. Remembering how we should swim build a shelter or when the crop should be plant is vital. If we define intelligence as the set of abilities that allow us to adapt to the environment dominate it and survive in it memory is a basic component.
