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How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine …
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According to the constructive episodic simulation hypothesis, extracted episodic details must also be recombined into a coherent event simulation. This recombinatory ability is thought to be central to flexibly imagining the future – to construct as well as disassemble and rework the components of scenarios to create different outcomes to enhance... See more
RP Roberts • An fMRI investigation of the relationship between future imagination and cognitive flexibility
brain regions linked to attention and focus align more closely as the familiarity between dog and owner grows.
Jacqueline Boyd • When Dogs and Humans Connect, So Do Their Brainwaves - Neuroscience News
Forgetting: Not a Flaw, But a Brain's Hidden Feature of Memory - Neuroscience News
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In a changing world like the one we and many other organisms live in, forgetting some memories would be beneficial, they reasoned, as this can lead to more flexible behavior and better decision-making. If memories were gained in circumstances that are not wholly relevant to the current environment, forgetting them could be a positive change that improves our well-being.
the imagination is a neurological reality, that it is lodged in specific parts of the brain, that it consists of an identifiable set of components and processes, that these components and processes have adaptive functions, and that in fulfilling its functions imagination has been a major causal factor in making Homo sapiens the dominant species on... See more
Joseph Carroll • Imagination, the Brain’s Default Mode Network, and Imaginative Verbal Artifacts
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