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The World as Evolving Information [PDF]
This paper discusses the benefits of describing the world as information, especially in the study of the evolution of life and cognition. Traditional studies encounter problems because it is difficult to describe life and cognition in terms of matter and
Gershenson, Dr Carlos
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Implicit cognition is impaired and dissociable in a head-injured group with executive deficits [PDF]
Implicit or non-conscious cognition is traditionally assumed to be robust to pathology but Gomez-Beldarrain et al (1999, 2002) recently showed deficits on a single implicit task after head injury.
Andrade, J.+4 more
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Conscious cognitive effort in cognitive control
Cognitive effort is thought to be familiar in everyday life, ubiquitous across multiple variations of task and circumstance, and integral to cost/benefit computations that are themselves central to the proper functioning of cognitive control. In particular, cognitive effort is thought to be closely related to the assessment of cognitive control’s costs.
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Background Understanding the priorities of parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is crucial for implementing evidence-based programs. This study aims to identify the functional priorities of parents of Brazilian children
Amanda Aparecida Alves Cunha Nascimento+5 more
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Novelty preference is pervasive in mammalian species, and describes an inherent tendency to preferentially explore novelty. The novel location memory task studied here assesses the ability of animals to form accurate memories of a spatial configuration,
Jayakrishnan H R Nair+8 more
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Sensitivity to the sonority sequencing principle in rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Albeit diverse, human languages exhibit universal structures. A salient example is the syllable, an important structure of language acquisition. The structure of syllables is determined by the Sonority Sequencing Principle (SSP), a linguistic constraint ...
Chiara Santolin+3 more
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Embodied cognition and temporally extended agency [PDF]
According to radical versions of embodied cognition, human cognition and agency should be explained without the ascription of representational mental states.
Schlosser, Markus
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Neuronal network dysfunction in a model for Kleefstra syndrome mediated by enhanced NMDAR signaling
Kleefstra syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with hapoinsufficiency of the histone methyltransferase EHMT1. Here the authors show using induced pluripotent cells-derived neurons from patients that network dysfunction occurs and is due ...
Monica Frega+18 more
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Resolving Two Tensions in 4E Cognition Using Wide Computationalism [PDF]
Recently, some authors have begun to raise questions about the potential unity of 4E (enactive, embedded, embodied, extended) cognition as a distinct research programme within cognitive science.
Deane, George+2 more
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The Cognitive Basis of Computation: Putting Computation in Its Place [PDF]
The mainstream view in cognitive science is that computation lies at the basis of and explains cognition. Our analysis reveals that there is no compelling evidence or argument for thinking that brains compute.
Hutto, Daniel D.+3 more
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