COG SCI 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gregor Mendel, Charlotte Selver, Psych
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Share a large percentage of dna (~4% di erence between human + chimp dna) Similarities in physical structure (head, limbs, eyes, etc. ) and internal structures (spine, joints, heart, lungs, brain, etc. ) Humans are unique because they"ve evolved to think. Thinking by using your brain is analogous to lighting a room by ipping a switch. Cognitive science constituents: what it means to be human. Arti cial intelligence researchers o er theoretical + machine models of memory. Humans and machines accomplish the same tasks by di erent means. Cog psych + neuroscience relating human emotion to reason. Philosophers question how the human mind exercises free will + consciousness. The unique human conscious includes awareness of environment + of self. 1/24 early approaches to the study of human cognition (chapter 1) Within a given individual, certain abilities are well developed + some aren"t.
