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Cognition

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-Processes that actively transform, use, store and recover sensory information to be used for attention, perception, language and problem solving.

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Assumptions

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-Cognition exists in the mind and can/should be scientifically studied.

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Modern information processing approach

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  • Bidirectional flow of data
  • Top down (prior knowledge)
  • bottom up (data driven)
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Biological information processing

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-People are better at processing grassland scenarios than urban ones suggesting evolutionary bias

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