What exactly do we mean by “information processing”? I know the brain isn’t a computer, but when we say, for example, that the brain process information, or that a computer process information, do we mean the same thing?

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What exactly do we mean by “information processing”? I know the brain isn’t a computer, but when we say, for example, that the brain process information, or that a computer process information, do we mean the same thing?

In: Physics

Answer 1

The brain stores information in the area called the hippocampus. When we hear, our eardrums and the nerves connecting our brain to our ear turn the vibrations into electrical(not literally) impulses that carry on throughout the brain.