PS102 Lecture 7: Memory & Language and Thought (Jan. 26 2016)
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Lecture 7 memory cont. , intro to language and thought. Links and nodes (sort of like a concept map) Ex: i own a leather chair (lots of different things people can think of when thinking of their chair) Neural analogy, node (like a neuron) based in action of multiple. An activation of a particular pattern or set of nodes will activate a. Hippocampal region is the centre of the action: neurogenesis (birth of neurons) Text: symbolic (letters are symbol that represent sounds, structured, meaningful/semantic. Whenever you say a sentence, you are being creative. It is rare to be saying the same sentence that you"ve already said (unless you"re quoting something) Have a finite vocabulary that can be combined in infinite ways. These are regularities of language (not necessarily grammar rules) Ex: you can end a sentence with a preposition and still be understood, however there are some structures you can"t violate (you can say the dinner but not dinner the )
