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Plasticity of the neural coding metaphor: An unnoticed rhetoric in scientific discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2019
Abstract
The convincing argument that Brette makes for the neural coding metaphor as imposing one view of brain behavior can be further explained through discourse analysis. Instead of a unified view, we argue, the coding metaphor's plasticity, versatility, and robustness throughout time explain its success and conventionalization to the point that its rhetoric became overlooked.
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