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.clever essays .p xviii insidious superficial reductionism by physicists .p xviii recommends "Programs of the Brain" by J.Z. Young PSU QP376.Y69 .p xx of the 10 billion neurons comprising the brain, 100 billion are granule cell neurons in the cerebellum. .p xxi 18th century Dutchman who cut Rembrandt's ''Night Watchman'' to fit a smaller room .p 3, '''Throwing Madonna'''; heart is in center of chest, but left side is louder. Mothers hold infants with their left arm as a pacifier, and throw and make tools with the right arm. .p 5, handwriting: 0.34% ambidextrous, 10.6% left handed, 89% right handed (left brain rapid sequencers) .p 14, domesticated cats mimic infants .p 20, Books of science essays don't sell (Harold Morowitz), counterexample "Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas .p 21, mimic cookbook, sex manual, or cat book .p 24, chimps find termite collection sticks in advance of need .p 25, chimps and hammer rocks for Panda and Coula nuts, most tool users are females .p 33, sequential movements lateralized to left brain, strokes there cause sequence problems .9 48, prisoner's dilemma tit-for-tat requires recognizing individuals |
William Calvin's Brain Evolution Books
As I write this, William Calvin is primarily concerned with climate. Well, so am I, but fixing is better than worrying. Understanding how brains (and the people containing them) work is a key to designing server sky, which enables alternatives to high consumption of terrrestrial mass and energy. So, the following is notes about his older books:
The Throwing Madonna
Essays on the Brain
PSU QP376.C33 1983
- clever essays
- p xviii insidious superficial reductionism by physicists
- p xviii recommends "Programs of the Brain" by J.Z. Young PSU QP376.Y69
- p xx of the 10 billion neurons comprising the brain, 100 billion are granule cell neurons in the cerebellum.
p xxi 18th century Dutchman who cut Rembrandt's Night Watchman to fit a smaller room
p 3, Throwing Madonna; heart is in center of chest, but left side is louder. Mothers hold infants with their left arm as a pacifier, and throw and make tools with the right arm.
- p 5, handwriting: 0.34% ambidextrous, 10.6% left handed, 89% right handed (left brain rapid sequencers)
- p 14, domesticated cats mimic infants
- p 20, Books of science essays don't sell (Harold Morowitz), counterexample "Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
- p 21, mimic cookbook, sex manual, or cat book
- p 24, chimps find termite collection sticks in advance of need
- p 25, chimps and hammer rocks for Panda and Coula nuts, most tool users are females
- p 33, sequential movements lateralized to left brain, strokes there cause sequence problems
- 9 48, prisoner's dilemma tit-for-tat requires recognizing individuals
The Ascent of Mind
Ice Age Climates and the Evolution of Intelligence
Central 573.2 C168a