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Cognitive Functions

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The previous chapter considered how animals deal with the main stimuli in their environments — that is, objects — to form concepts. In the process, a cognitive system — a whole, new level of evolved regulations — emerges from the regulations of neural activity. As a result, the cognitive system does not deal with the information delivered to it directly from the senses. It goes beyond the information given, to construct a cognitive world that, in turn, becomes an intelligent ‘adviser’ to further neural activities, and even to brain development.

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Richardson, K. (2010). Cognitive Functions. In: The Evolution of Intelligent Systems. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299245_8

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