Фрагменты когнитивной психологии. Бабушкин А.П. - 11 стр.

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still determine what the pattern is encoding. It is generally thought that the brain uses
very different schemes for encoding information and achieving redundancy than the
computer. It also seems that the brain utilizes a much more redundant code than the
computer. This is because individual neurons are not particularly reliable in their
behavior.

6. Answer the following questions to the text:

   1.   What are the most important components of the nervous system?
   2.   In what way is a neuron defined?
   3.   How many neurons does the human brain contain?
   4.   Do neurons act simultaneously?
   5.   How do neurons interact?
   6.   Through what is human cognition achieved?
   7.   Is human knowledge localized in any single neuron?
   8.   What does massive damage to large areas of the brain result in?
   9.   What is the difference between the brain’s and the computer’s work?

7. Complete the sentences using information given in the text:

   1)   The human brain contains …
   2)   All neuron information processing takes place in terms …
   3)   There is evidence that individual neurons respond …
   4)   Human knowledge is distributed …
   5)   Damage to a small number of neurons usually does not result …
   6)   The brain codes information …

7. Summarize the main ideas of the text.



                                           Unit 4

          Perception-Based and Meaning-Based Knowledge Representation

1. Give Russian equivalents to the following English words.
   What part of speech do they belong to?

       Representation, material, subject, image, localization, reason, interest,
interpretation, aspect, detail, structure, schema, category, object, sort.
       Dual, separate, verbal, visual, internal, mythical, mental, actual, computational,
perceptual, propositional, typical.
       Champion, encode, conceptualize, focus, preserve, abstract, press, register,
extract, document.