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Parallels in Neural and Human Communication Networks

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The model of the brain—particularly the human brain—as a computer is widespread in the modern age. In keeping with most analogies by which complex systems behavior has been understood, this model has provided some useful conceptualizations of brain processing while leaving unanswered the emergent property of the mind. This chapter will explore the similarities and differences in the potential power of both neural and human communication systems to solve complex problems by working with the framework of complex dynamic systems analysis. To this end, the chapter will explore the basic computational elements of each of these two diverse systems and the modes of communication available to each.

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Larson-Prior, L.J. (2013). Parallels in Neural and Human Communication Networks. In: Michelucci, P. (eds) Handbook of Human Computation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8806-4_5

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