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Information in the Brain: From Metaphor to Truth

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite explicit warnings from Shannon to tread carefully when applying Information Theory to fields for which it was not designed, contemporary neuroscientists adopting the framework of Information Theory have fallen right into the traps Shannon and others cautioned against. What makes the neuroscientist more than anyone prone to fall prey to
Farid Zahnoun
wiley   +1 more source

Where Mathematical Symbols Come From

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract There is a sense in which the symbols used in mathematical expressions and formulas are arbitrary. After all, arithmetic would be no different if we would replace the symbols ‘+$+$’ or ‘8’ by different symbols. Nevertheless, the shape of many mathematical symbols is in fact well motivated in practice.
Dirk Schlimm
wiley   +1 more source

Discovery of taeniid eggs from a 17th century tomb in Korea. [PDF]

open access: yesKorean J Parasitol, 2011
Lee HJ, Shin DH, Seo M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
wiley   +1 more source

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