26 FEB 2015 by ideonexus

 Confirmation Bias

Confirmation Bias > Example/Illustration > Fox News and the Dangers of Confirmation Bias
 
Folksonomies: cognition bias example
Folksonomies: cognition bias example
18 FEB 2015 by ideonexus

 Human Neoteny and Cognition

Neoteny in Humans > Similarity > Cognitive Neoteny in Modern Humans
 
Folksonomies: evolution cognition neoteny
Folksonomies: evolution cognition neoteny
17 FEB 2015 by ideonexus

 Natural Selection of Neurons as Learning

How Brains Grow Into Bodies > Cause and Effect > Instruction vs. Selection
 
Folksonomies: cognition learning
Folksonomies: cognition learning
17 SEP 2013 by ideonexus

 Brains Grow by Natural Selection

How Brains Grow Into Bodies > Cause and Effect > Neurons are Domesticated Cells
Because brains grow into bodies by neural-pruning, the neurons in our brains are subject to natural selection and are different from our other cells by their need to survive giving them some independence.