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  2. Modularity of mind - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s, however, Jerry Fodor revived the idea of the modularity of mind, although without the notion of precise physical localizability. Drawing from Noam Chomsky's idea of the language acquisition device and other work in linguistics as well as from the philosophy of mind and the implications of optical illusions, he became a major proponent of the idea with the 1983 publication of ...

  3. Bonini's paradox - Wikipedia

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    Bonini's paradox can be seen as a case of the map–territory relation: simpler maps are less accurate though more useful representations of the territory.An extreme form is given in the fictional stories Sylvie and Bruno Concluded and "On Exactitude in Science", which imagine a map of a scale of 1:1 (the same size as the territory), which is precise but unusable, illustrating one extreme of ...

  4. Entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    More narrow definitions have described entrepreneurship as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, often similar to a small business, or (per Business Dictionary) as the "capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit". [2]

  5. Orbital gyri - Wikipedia

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    The inferior or orbital surface of the frontal lobe is concave, and rests on the orbital plate of the frontal bone.It is divided into four orbital gyri by a well-marked H-shaped orbital sulcus.

  6. Outline of the human brain - Wikipedia

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    This development section covers changes in brain structure over time. It includes both the normal development of the human brain from infant to adult and genetic and evolutionary changes over many generations. Neural development in humans; Neuroplasticity – changes in a brain due to behavior, environment, aging, injury etc.

  7. Evolution of human intelligence - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of human intelligence is closely tied to the evolution of the human brain and to the origin of language. The timeline of human evolution spans approximately seven million years, [ 1 ] from the separation of the genus Pan until the emergence of behavioral modernity by 50,000 years ago.

  8. Dorsal attention network - Wikipedia

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    Interaction between dorsal and ventral attention networks enables dynamic control of attention in relation to top-down goals and bottom-up sensory stimulation. [1]The dorsal attention network (DAN), also known anatomically as the dorsal frontoparietal network (D-FPN), is a large-scale brain network of the human brain that is primarily composed of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) and frontal eye ...

  9. Entrepreneurship education - Wikipedia

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    Entrepreneurship education can be oriented towards different ways of realizing opportunities: The most popular one is regular entrepreneurship: opening a new organization (e.g. starting a new business). [4] The vast majority of programs on university level teach entrepreneurship in a similar way to other business degrees.