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  2. Four Fs (evolution) - Wikipedia

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    In evolutionary psychology, people often speak of the four Fs which are said to be the four basic and most primal drives (motivations or instincts) that animals (including humans) are evolutionarily adapted to have, follow, and achieve: fighting, fleeing, feeding and fucking (a more polite synonym is the word "mating"). [1]

  3. File:The Hedgerows Regulations 1997 (UKSI 1997-1160).pdf ...

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    English: These Regulations make provision for the protection of important hedgerows in England and Wales. To facilitate the protection of those hedgerows, the Regulations apply to a wider class of hedgerows, described in regulation 3 (in particular to hedgerows which are 20 metres or more long or which meet another hedgerow at each end and which, in each case, are on or adjacent to land used ...

  4. List of curves - Wikipedia

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  5. Geon (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a circle swept along a straight axis would define a cylinder (see Figure). A rectangle swept along a straight axis would define a "brick" (see Figure). Four dimensions with contrastive values (i.e., mutually exclusive values) define the current set of geons (see Figure): Shape of cross section: round vs. straight.

  6. Evolutionary landscape - Wikipedia

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    An evolutionary landscape is a metaphor [1] or a construct used to think about and visualize the processes of evolution (e.g. natural selection and genetic drift) acting on a biological entity [2] (e.g. a gene, protein, population, or species). [3]

  7. Spandrel (biology) - Wikipedia

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    In evolutionary biology, a spandrel is a phenotypic trait that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other characteristic, rather than a direct product of adaptive selection. Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin brought the term into biology in their 1979 paper " The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the ...

  8. Illusory contours - Wikipedia

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    Kanizsa's triangle: These spatially separate fragments give the impression of a bright white triangle, defined by a sharp illusory contour, occluding three black circles and a black-outlined triangle. Illusory contours or subjective contours are visual illusions that evoke the perception of an edge without a luminance or color change across ...

  9. Feedforward (behavioral and cognitive science) - Wikipedia

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    Feedforward, Behavior and Cognitive Science is a method of teaching and learning that illustrates or indicates a desired future behavior or path to a goal. [1] Feedforward provides information, images, etc. exclusively about what one could do right in the future, often in contrast to what one has done in the past.