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The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Cognitive Laws Nature Part Particular Speculative Tasks Thinking Tied Ways Work

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My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Certain Cognitive Culture Gender Here Idea Indifferent Information Language Laws Mode Nature Particular Principles Provided Tasks Tied

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I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Avoiding Cognitive Important Imposing Software Style Think Work Workers I Think

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The systematic experimental study of reproducible errors of human reasoning, and what these errors reveal about underlying mental processes, is known as the heuristics and biases program in cognitive psychology. This program has made discoveries highly relevant to assessors of global catastrophic risks.

~Eliezer Yudkowsky

Topics: About Biases Catastrophic Cognitive Discoveries Errors Experimental Global Highly Human Known Made Mental Processes Program Psychology Reasoning Relevant Reveal Risks Study Systematic Underlying

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We perceive through our senses a person, a situation or an event, and in an instant, we project our mental models - our fears, background and experiences - onto that perception. This often results in cognitive errors, which means we judge and respond incorrectly.

~Elizabeth Thornton

Topics: Background Cognitive Errors Event Experiences Fears Incorrectly Instant Judge Means Mental Models Often Onto Our Perceive Perception Person Project Respond Results Senses Situation Through Which

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You learn emotional experiences as much as you learn cognitive experiences, except that they are more unconscious. Sometimes one represses the cognitive component of it, but it's often more difficult to repress the emotional component.

~Eric Kandel

Topics: Cognitive Component Difficult Emotional Except Experiences Learn More Much Often Sometimes Unconscious You

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Studies by many labs have already started to identify specific circuits of neurons involved in normal cognitive function like memory and learning, as well as disease processes such as Parkinson's disease, depression, and autism.

~Feng Zhang

Topics: Autism Cognitive Depression Disease Function Identify Involved Labs Learning Like Many Memory Neurons Normal Parkinson Processes Specific Started Studies Well

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Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities.

~Frans De Waal

Topics: Although Ape Capacities Cognitive Elephants Evolved Far Great More Related Seem Similar Social Than Us

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I think that cognitive scientists would support the view that our visual system does not directly represent what is out there in the world and that our brain constructs a lot of the imagery that we believe we are seeing.

~Galen Rowell

Topics: Believe Brain Cognitive Constructs Directly Does Imagery Lot Our Out Represent Scientists Seeing Support System Think View Visual World Would I Think

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I visited a Child Friendly Space where children take part in structured play and development activities in a safe environment. These are designed to develop their cognitive ability as well as address their psychosocial needs. As I watched them sing songs and take part in games, it struck me that these kids could be anywhere in the world.

~Gemma Chan

Topics: Ability Activities Address Anywhere Child Children Cognitive Could Designed Develop Development Environment Friendly Games Kids Me Needs Part Play Safe Sing Songs Space Struck Structured Take Them Visited Watched Well Where World

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