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Consciousness
How our brains turn matter into meaning
by John Parrington
A reading log.
Part 3
June 2, 2024
Language and Grammar are key parts of human beings and no other animal is able to perform this on the same level. Studies showed that it is possible to teach sign language to great apes but outside of the study, the apes are not able to use grammar correctly and use the concepts of future and past (which is the main focus of grammar). Animals feel and think but very differently from what humans feel and think because they have very different abilities. The tools that humans used shaped the way they think. Currently, the internet reshapes our brains.
Chapter 5, page 51
June 4, 2024
The receptors for vision can be found in every form of life which can perceive such information. Bacteria and humans use the same type of receptors. But of course, the processing differs. Visual information is processed in the Thalamus and the cortex in humans. Research showed that the processing of visual information must be learned. Infants learn from adults. For example, the fear of spiders is not an instinct. It is learned.
Chapter 6, page 57
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