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10:4410:44, 18 May 2024 diff hist +5,150 Evolution of language No edit summary
06:5106:51, 18 May 2024 diff hist +955 N Ventral stream Created page with "The ventral stream, also known as the "what" pathway, is a major pathway in the brain responsible for processing visual information related to object recognition and identification. It works in concert with the dorsal stream (the "where" pathway) to give us a complete understanding of the visual world. * Functions: ** Object recognition: This is the primary function of the ventral stream. It allows us to identify objects like faces, cars, tools, and even written wor..."
06:4806:48, 18 May 2024 diff hist 0 Dorsal stream No edit summary
06:4806:48, 18 May 2024 diff hist +1,035 N Dorsal stream Created page with "The dorsal stream, also sometimes called the "where" pathway, is a pathway in the brain responsible for processing visual information related to movement and spatial relationships. It's one of two major processing streams within the visual system, working alongside the ventral stream (the "what" pathway). * Function: ** Visual-spatial processing: The dorsal stream excels at understanding the location of objects in space, both relative to ourselves and to each other...."
06:4506:45, 18 May 2024 diff hist +1,886 Evolution of language No edit summary
06:2806:28, 18 May 2024 diff hist +1,029 Evolution of language No edit summary

17:0517:05, 16 May 2024 diff hist +1,119 Evolution of language No edit summary
16:4916:49, 16 May 2024 diff hist +745 Evolution of language No edit summary
16:3216:32, 16 May 2024 diff hist +1,162 N Evolution of language Created page with "These notes are initially drawn from "The Origins of Language" by James R Hurford == The Prehistory of a Very Special Ape == * 7m years ago - the line leading to humans split off from that leading to bonobos and chimpanzees * 4-2m years ago - Australopithecus is the first habitually bipedal ape. Bipedalism allowed us to separate the rhythm of breathing from that of walking and running and freed hands for meaningful gestures * 2.5-1.5m years ago - Homo Habilis (clever m..."
16:1416:14, 16 May 2024 diff hist +322 N Consciousness Created page with "This is the main focus of my interest, where I am strongly influenced by Daniel Dennett's views where consciousness is a purely material thing produced by the brain and evolved gradually as our nervous system reached a certain level of complexity, and which has greatly accelerated since the evolution of language."
16:1116:11, 16 May 2024 diff hist +40 Main Page No edit summary

10:4810:48, 1 May 2024 diff hist +584 N Books Created page with " == Books to Read == * Reading to Learn - William Zinger * Nietzsche - Stefan Zweig * The Weirdest People in the World - Joseph Henrich * How Language Works - David Crystal * The Invention of Nature - Andrea Wolf * Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut * The Song of the Cell - Siddhartha Mukherjee * A Little History of Philosophy - Nigel Warburton * Gödel, Escher, Bach - Douglas Hofstadter == Books Read == * The MANIAC - Benjamin Labatut * In Search of Memory - Eric..."
10:4010:40, 1 May 2024 diff hist +11 Main Page No edit summary

10:5710:57, 21 April 2024 diff hist +317 Files →Write to a File
10:5610:56, 21 April 2024 diff hist +373 Files →Read from a File
10:5610:56, 21 April 2024 diff hist +602 N Files Created page with "Note: VC Code does not, by default, run python files in the directory where they are saved. To change this behavior, click Code > Settings > Settings, search for "python.terminal.executeInFileDir", and enable it. == Read from a File == <syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> </syntaxhighlight> == Write to a File == <syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> </syntaxhighlight> <syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> </syntaxhighlight> <syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> </syn..."
08:3908:39, 21 April 2024 diff hist +12 Python No edit summary

16:5416:54, 15 April 2024 diff hist 0 Classes No edit summary
16:5316:53, 15 April 2024 diff hist +5 Classes →Basic Class
16:5216:52, 15 April 2024 diff hist −4 Classes →Basic Class
16:5216:52, 15 April 2024 diff hist +917 Classes No edit summary
13:5713:57, 15 April 2024 diff hist +1,347 Classes No edit summary
13:1613:16, 15 April 2024 diff hist +1,309 N Classes Created page with "== Basic Class == <syntaxhighlight lang="python" line> class Cat: # Use capital letter for class name """Basic class with simple attributes and methods """ def __init__(self, name, age): # Special method to create an instance """Initialize attributes""" self.name = name self.age = age def eat(self): # Method defined in class """Sim..."

10:4810:48, 14 April 2024 diff hist +1,770 Brain No edit summary
10:3110:31, 14 April 2024 diff hist +248 N Brain stem Created page with " == Pons == Relays signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum, along with nuclei that deal primarily with sleep, respiration, swallowing, bladder control, hearing, equilibrium, taste, eye movement, facial expression, facial sensation, and posture"
10:2110:21, 14 April 2024 diff hist +1,276 N Brain Created page with " == Brain Parts == * Hypothalamus * Thalamus * Cerebellum - major role in motor control. May also be involved in cognitive functions, such as attention and language as well as emotional control * Cerebral Hemispheres/Cerebral Cortex - concerned with higher mental functions: perception, action, language, and planning. Contains about 100 billion neurons, each with about a thousand synapses, making a total of about 100 trillion synaptic connections ** Fr..."
10:1410:14, 14 April 2024 diff hist −1,121 Nervous system No edit summary