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The brain has specific area for each function - one part of the brain is responsible for sense of smell, another for vision, etc.. See Wikipedia [0] for basic i
by theamk 4y ago
The brain has specific area for each function - one part of the brain is responsible for sense of smell, another for vision, etc.. See Wikipedia [0] for basic introduction to this.
Compare this to CPU, where a single register bank, ALU, memory controller are used for everything - player movement, score keeping, sound, disk access, keyboard input handling.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodmann_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodmann_area
- hprotagonist 4y agoit gets substantially more complicated than this very rapidly, i’m sorry to say. And the debate between anatomists and physiologists rages as fiercely as ever. I don’t deny the existence of anatomically distinct brain regions — my research area is in the auditory cortex — but i promise you it’s not nearly as simple as “one area one function”