Why do you need to add "like a computer", do you mean like a personal computer? If yes, no. But it does compute.
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Also I'm a computational cognitive modeler... Of course I think the brain computes.
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Yes, "does the brain compute" is an uninteresting question b/c of course it does. The more interesting Q is to what degree the brain >
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Replying to @bradpwyble @o_guest and
follow up question would then of course be whether we depend on internal representations at all.
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Replying to @hansijzerman @bradpwyble and
Trivially of course we do, eg a rat has “representation” (or encoding) of position in its environment via activity of specific place cells
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Replying to @fixedbydrift @bradpwyble and
I agree, personally, but others think that position is more contentious.
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Replying to @hansijzerman @fixedbydrift and
Isn't that essentially behaviorism?
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Replying to @bradpwyble @fixedbydrift and
Here's another interesting read on that (don't necessarily agree, but nice read nonetheless): http://sapir.psych.wisc.edu/papers/Casasanto_Lupyan_AdHocConcepts_InPress.pdf …
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Replying to @hansijzerman @bradpwyble and
<< BUT it's true that with a few exceptions (regularity of grid cell response spacing, cascades in visual perception, others) it's hard to predict what specific neuronal representation a shape/location/action will take between individuals. >>
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Replying to @fixedbydrift @hansijzerman and
<< is there an aspect of this field focusing on different objective (neuronal) representations of intersubjectively "same" objects? (Not up on my modern cogsci...)
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Look into dissimilarity matrices and other multi variate pattern analyses in fMRI?
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