by Santi | Dec 26, 2024 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
Max Bennett argues that understanding the evolutionary development of human intelligence is essential to advance artificial intelligence (AI). He traces the billion-year journey of intelligence across five key evolutionary breakthroughs that shaped the human brain,... by Santi | Nov 20, 2024 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
Dean Buonomano argues that the human brain is fundamentally designed to perceive, interpret, and navigate time. It does this by reconstructing the past, processing the present, and predicting the future. The book explores how our perception of time is not only a... by Santi | Nov 19, 2024 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
The book argues that much of what we think, feel, and do is governed by unconscious processes beyond our conscious awareness. The brain operates like a “team of rivals,” where different regions compete and collaborate, often without our conscious mind being in... by Santi | Oct 24, 2024 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
The book argues that metacognition—our ability to think about our own thinking—is a crucial element of self-awareness and human experience. Fleming posits that understanding and improving our metacognitive abilities can help us make better decisions, improve learning,... by Santi | Oct 20, 2024 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
The main argument of The Brain That Changes Itself is that the human brain is not fixed or static, as was long believed, but rather highly adaptable and capable of changing its own structure and function throughout life—a concept known as neuroplasticity. This ability... by Santi | Jun 26, 2023 | Book Notes, Neuroscience
All the notes were taken directly from the source mentioned. – – – The classical view of emotion holds that we have many such emotion circuits in our brains, and each is said to cause a distinct set of changes, that is, a fingerprint. Because we...
