TY - ART TI - The Brain-computer Metaphor AU - Christy Sheffield Sanford AB -
"After reading Candace Pert's book Molecules of Emotion, I began to review her research on brain receptor-
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 Molecules of Emotion). Could metaphoric brain-computer connections also relate to the newer more fluid, hormonal, parasynaptic model we now know exists?" -- excerpt from The Brain-computer Metaphor
C3 - Web PY - 1999 LA - English M3 - Hypertext, Essay UR - https://the-next.eliterature.org/works/2566/0/0/ DB - The NEXT Y2 - 2025-04-03 ER -