Page 1 of 4 Further reading - New Scientist 20/07/2009 http://www
... example, your brain isn't simply receiving information, it also predicts what it expects to hear and constantly revises its predictions based on what information comes next. These predictions strongly influence what you actually hear, allowing you, for instance, to make sense of distorted or partial ...
... example, your brain isn't simply receiving information, it also predicts what it expects to hear and constantly revises its predictions based on what information comes next. These predictions strongly influence what you actually hear, allowing you, for instance, to make sense of distorted or partial ...
The Nervous system
... term storage memory is stored in a form resistant to degradation Possibly caused by changes in synapses. ...
... term storage memory is stored in a form resistant to degradation Possibly caused by changes in synapses. ...
Document
... the need for it was diminished? • The algorithms used in the products of the 1990s were known earlier but they were too complex to be implemented effectively with the digital technology of earlier times. • When computer hardware became cheap enough for good OCR, it also became cheap enough for PCs a ...
... the need for it was diminished? • The algorithms used in the products of the 1990s were known earlier but they were too complex to be implemented effectively with the digital technology of earlier times. • When computer hardware became cheap enough for good OCR, it also became cheap enough for PCs a ...
Origin of symbol-using systems: speech, but not sign, without the
... their great reach and elegant variation, humans are much more genetically similar to each other than even small local populations of most other animal species. But there is one great point of interaction between the DNA-based genetic system and the language-based human cultural system—the genetic ba ...
... their great reach and elegant variation, humans are much more genetically similar to each other than even small local populations of most other animal species. But there is one great point of interaction between the DNA-based genetic system and the language-based human cultural system—the genetic ba ...
Modeling the brain
... Neuronal reuse offers a reasonable explanation to the mechanism of the remarkable ability of the human to develop new and advanced skills over evolutionary very short periods of time. The combined hypotheses of Neural plasticity and Neural reuse offers a reasonable explanation to social/cultural inh ...
... Neuronal reuse offers a reasonable explanation to the mechanism of the remarkable ability of the human to develop new and advanced skills over evolutionary very short periods of time. The combined hypotheses of Neural plasticity and Neural reuse offers a reasonable explanation to social/cultural inh ...
Fixed mindset
... under-represent past successes and overrepresent failures (pessimism) explain the cause of events as something stable about them. ...
... under-represent past successes and overrepresent failures (pessimism) explain the cause of events as something stable about them. ...
PowerPoint presentation about mindsets
... under-represent past successes and overrepresent failures (pessimism) explain the cause of events as something stable about them. ...
... under-represent past successes and overrepresent failures (pessimism) explain the cause of events as something stable about them. ...
Evolution might select constructivism
... are not restricted to the prefrontal cortex and develop at different rates, the aforementioned study contradicts the claim that synapse elimination does not underlie cognitive development. Another problem arises with Q&S’s argument that it is the dendritic arbor which provides the necessary measure ...
... are not restricted to the prefrontal cortex and develop at different rates, the aforementioned study contradicts the claim that synapse elimination does not underlie cognitive development. Another problem arises with Q&S’s argument that it is the dendritic arbor which provides the necessary measure ...
Article on Rewiring the Brain
... the fingers of the right hand, then they'll do that and nothing else until the day you die. There was good reason for lavishly illustrated brain books to show the function, size and location of the brain's structures in permanent ink. The doctrine of the unchanging human brain has had profound ramif ...
... the fingers of the right hand, then they'll do that and nothing else until the day you die. There was good reason for lavishly illustrated brain books to show the function, size and location of the brain's structures in permanent ink. The doctrine of the unchanging human brain has had profound ramif ...
collective intelligence
... Indeed, the people involved in mapping sessions engage in collaboration on the assumption that they could achieve something bigger only if they join forces. They are willing therefore, to contribute their time and efforts to contribute in building an external information system that can be accessibl ...
... Indeed, the people involved in mapping sessions engage in collaboration on the assumption that they could achieve something bigger only if they join forces. They are willing therefore, to contribute their time and efforts to contribute in building an external information system that can be accessibl ...
What Neuroimaging and Brain Localization Can
... Localizing the brain activity associated with a construct appears to be compelling confirmatory evidence for the psychological reality of the construct. For example, theory of mind refers to the ability to consider the thoughts, goals, and intentions of others (Premack & Woodruff, 1978). Some resear ...
... Localizing the brain activity associated with a construct appears to be compelling confirmatory evidence for the psychological reality of the construct. For example, theory of mind refers to the ability to consider the thoughts, goals, and intentions of others (Premack & Woodruff, 1978). Some resear ...
neurolinguistics: shakespeare and aphasia
... time he hears a particular ringtone on the mobile phone simply because his boss happens to have the same ringtone, and the employee has grown to fear the boss and the ringtone is associated with his memory of the fearful boss! Another person might have amorous feelings hearing the same ringtone, as ...
... time he hears a particular ringtone on the mobile phone simply because his boss happens to have the same ringtone, and the employee has grown to fear the boss and the ringtone is associated with his memory of the fearful boss! Another person might have amorous feelings hearing the same ringtone, as ...
Autistic brains `organized differently`
... "For example, this may show a means to help people to literacy in a much more natural way than the usual methods of helping autistic people," said Dr Laurent Mottron from the University of Montreal. "The natural tendency is to think that autism is a form of disorganization. Here, what we see is that ...
... "For example, this may show a means to help people to literacy in a much more natural way than the usual methods of helping autistic people," said Dr Laurent Mottron from the University of Montreal. "The natural tendency is to think that autism is a form of disorganization. Here, what we see is that ...
HP 325 Ch. 12, Motor Assessment - NAU jan.ucc.nau.edu web server
... Beginning to have success in unpredictable situations ...
... Beginning to have success in unpredictable situations ...
Kevin Dumas - the IDeA Lab!
... ever been, yet we do not fear them because these objects did not exist during the early years of our existence. As Pinker put it “Had the Pleistocene savanna contained trees bearing birth-control pills, we might have evolved to find them as terrifying as a venomous spider” (How the mind works, 42). ...
... ever been, yet we do not fear them because these objects did not exist during the early years of our existence. As Pinker put it “Had the Pleistocene savanna contained trees bearing birth-control pills, we might have evolved to find them as terrifying as a venomous spider” (How the mind works, 42). ...
What Do Mirror Neurons Mean?
... former, not because the white racist is incapable of the latter, but because that kind of response has been downloaded to set up a simple signal-response loop. What do you think? The patterns of ordinary communication behavior among humans suggest to me that making sense of presence of another like ...
... former, not because the white racist is incapable of the latter, but because that kind of response has been downloaded to set up a simple signal-response loop. What do you think? The patterns of ordinary communication behavior among humans suggest to me that making sense of presence of another like ...
Representations in the Human Prefrontal Cortex
... in the temporal organization of speech and behavior. It distinguishes between PFC representations and processing but asserts that the PFC is both a permanent memory store and the site of processes such as working memory, attention, monitoring, and planning. (See Wood & Grafman, 2003, for further dis ...
... in the temporal organization of speech and behavior. It distinguishes between PFC representations and processing but asserts that the PFC is both a permanent memory store and the site of processes such as working memory, attention, monitoring, and planning. (See Wood & Grafman, 2003, for further dis ...
Brain Evolution Relevant to Language
... most relevant to language evolution, it is first necessary to review how modern human language is processed in the brain today—or more appropriately: how language uses the brain. We may then profitably explore the ways in which these areas may have changed. If we can show that particular parts of th ...
... most relevant to language evolution, it is first necessary to review how modern human language is processed in the brain today—or more appropriately: how language uses the brain. We may then profitably explore the ways in which these areas may have changed. If we can show that particular parts of th ...
Cognitive sciences. - University of Waterloo
... cognitive and social sciences requires dealing with these issues, as is evident from recent interdisciplinary developments. For example, cultural psychology has been challenging presuppositions of individualist cognitive psychology; and behavioral and neural economics have begun to provide alternati ...
... cognitive and social sciences requires dealing with these issues, as is evident from recent interdisciplinary developments. For example, cultural psychology has been challenging presuppositions of individualist cognitive psychology; and behavioral and neural economics have begun to provide alternati ...
1 CREATIVE DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE: “ADDING THE MIDAS
... can occur where there is trauma to the brain, but the trauma results in only brief unconsciousness. These injuries are generally microscopic, occurring at the cellular level, and ...
... can occur where there is trauma to the brain, but the trauma results in only brief unconsciousness. These injuries are generally microscopic, occurring at the cellular level, and ...
Emotion Explained
... 9.3 Parental attachment, care, and parent-offspring conflict 9.4 Sperm competition and its consequences for sexual behaviour 9.5 Concealed ovulation and its consequences for sexual behaviour 9.6 Sexual selection of sexual and non-sexual behaviour 9.6.1 Sexual selection and natural selection 9.6.2 No ...
... 9.3 Parental attachment, care, and parent-offspring conflict 9.4 Sperm competition and its consequences for sexual behaviour 9.5 Concealed ovulation and its consequences for sexual behaviour 9.6 Sexual selection of sexual and non-sexual behaviour 9.6.1 Sexual selection and natural selection 9.6.2 No ...
Document
... • Specific memory loss specific brain region – The brain has several memory stores ...
... • Specific memory loss specific brain region – The brain has several memory stores ...
HDBR Expression: A Unique Resource for Global and
... blue—midbrain, purple—hindbrain, deep red—spinal cord, gray—rest of head, and body. (B) 10 PCW. A 3D model of the brain and part of the spinal cord was generated by magnetic resonance imaging and brain regions defined. The front of the brain is on the left. In the image, the left cerebral cortex has ...
... blue—midbrain, purple—hindbrain, deep red—spinal cord, gray—rest of head, and body. (B) 10 PCW. A 3D model of the brain and part of the spinal cord was generated by magnetic resonance imaging and brain regions defined. The front of the brain is on the left. In the image, the left cerebral cortex has ...
The neuronal representation of information in the human brain
... medial temporal lobe is that many seem to have rather low firing rate responses compared to those in macaques. However, the firing rates of neurons in different cortical areas are very different. In the inferior temporal visual cortex neurons with peak firing rates of 100 spikes/s to the most effective ...
... medial temporal lobe is that many seem to have rather low firing rate responses compared to those in macaques. However, the firing rates of neurons in different cortical areas are very different. In the inferior temporal visual cortex neurons with peak firing rates of 100 spikes/s to the most effective ...
Evolution of human intelligence
The evolution of human intelligence refers to a set of theories that attempt to explain how human intelligence has evolved and are closely tied to the evolution of the human brain and to the origin of language.The timeline of human evolution spans approximately 7 million years, from the separation of the Pan genus until the emergence of behavioral modernity by 50,000 years ago. The first 3 million years of this timeline concern Sahelanthropus, the following 2 million concern Australopithecus and the final 2 million span the history of actual human species in the Paleolithic era.Many traits of human intelligence, such as empathy, theory of mind, mourning, ritual, and the use of symbols and tools, are apparent in great apes although in less sophisticated forms than found in humans, such as Great ape language.