First I'd like to thank some frequent contributors to brain topics in the Physics Forums:
(in unbiased alphabetic order)
atyy
Moonbear
neurocomp2003
somasimple
zoobyshoe
Some great discussions on brain topics here! Based on frequency of the word "brain" in subject headings I would...
Excellent question, I have used Mathcad, MATLAB, and Maple extensively, so i can answer for 3 out of the 4:
MATLAB:
most powerful for solving unique problem that require a great deal of iteration, loop manipulation, coding from the ground up. I like programming in MATLAB using M code...