TY - ART
TI - The Brain-computer Metaphor
AU - Christy Sheffield Sanford
AB - <p>"After reading Candace Pert's book <em>Molecules of Emotion</em>, I began to review her research on brain receptor-<wbr>mapping, especially work done with Miles Herkenham.  You may recall seeing his widely distributed images of opiate receptors.
  These maps offer a new vision of how the brain operates in a 
predominantly parasynaptic system.  In this system, hormones, ligands 
and peptides freely circulate among and interact with banks of highly 
specialized receptors.  Pert has described the brain as like 'a bag of 
hormones' (p.139 in <em>Molecules of Emotion</em>).</p><p>  

I'm
 interested in the philosophical underpinnings that inform web 
presentations.  I believe the metaphors joining brain and  computer are 
largely based on the old synaptic, hardwired paradigm.  Herkenham has 
estimated under 2% of neuronal communication occurs at the synapse 
(p.139 in <em>Molecules of Emotion</em>).  Could metaphoric brain-computer
 connections also relate to the newer more fluid, hormonal, parasynaptic
 model we now know exists?" -- excerpt from <em>The Brain-computer Metaphor</em></p>
C3 - Web
PY - 1999
LA - English
M3 - Hypertext, Essay
UR - https://the-next.eliterature.org/works/2566/0/0/
DB - The NEXT
Y2 - 2025-04-28
ER -