Anna-Lena Eckert
@eckertal.bsky.social
Post doc in computational cognitive science @ Uni MR
🧠 computational psychiatry, probabilistic graphical networks
🎓PhD from BCCN Berlin 👟 runner & 1st gen; she,her
🌐Homepage https://eckertal.github.io/personal-website
🧠 computational psychiatry, probabilistic graphical networks
🎓PhD from BCCN Berlin 👟 runner & 1st gen; she,her
🌐Homepage https://eckertal.github.io/personal-website
Ayooo 👾 this is great, congratulations!! 😊🎉
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ayooo 👾 this is great, congratulations!! 😊🎉
But obviously our brains are not "Von Neumann architectures" - digital human-made programmable devices. Those serve only as a weak metaphor for the brain
www.theguardian.com/science/2020...
www.theguardian.com/science/2020...
Why your brain is not a computer
The long read: For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
But obviously our brains are not "Von Neumann architectures" - digital human-made programmable devices. Those serve only as a weak metaphor for the brain
www.theguardian.com/science/2020...
www.theguardian.com/science/2020...
I actually learned a lot myself when preparing for this talk.
Some of my main sources...
Our brains might be computers in the sense of "devices capable of solving any computable function *in theory*" (Turing machines)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
Some of my main sources...
Our brains might be computers in the sense of "devices capable of solving any computable function *in theory*" (Turing machines)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
Frontiers | The Brain-Computer Metaphor Debate Is Useless: A Matter of Semantics
It is commonly assumed that usage of the word "computer" in the brain sciences reflects a metaphor. However, there is no single definition of the word "compu...
www.frontiersin.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I actually learned a lot myself when preparing for this talk.
Some of my main sources...
Our brains might be computers in the sense of "devices capable of solving any computable function *in theory*" (Turing machines)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
Some of my main sources...
Our brains might be computers in the sense of "devices capable of solving any computable function *in theory*" (Turing machines)
www.frontiersin.org/journals/com...
Would love to be added and also recommend @esterner.bsky.social and @franziskaknolle.bsky.social 😊🚀 thanks!
August 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Would love to be added and also recommend @esterner.bsky.social and @franziskaknolle.bsky.social 😊🚀 thanks!