CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Switching Barriers, Neuroplasticity, Friedrich Nietzsche
22 Jan 2014
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Technological determinism: marshall mcluhan, technology is changing our mind and eyes. Is the internet changing our brains: nicholas carr. Mind-body dualism: ren descartes, proposed that the mind and the body are completely separate, i think therefore i am. , the only way you can prove your being as a rational person is to think before you act. Nature vs nurture: john locke, nature: the mind is a blank slate, nurture: shapes the mind, immanuel kant, nature: the template of the mind is inherited at birth, nature: shapes the mind. London taxi drivers" study: taxi driver, taxi drivers have a great mind for way finding, if the brain can rewire itself the part of the brain processing through a certain activity will grow too. Nature vs nurture: the answer to the nature versus nurture question is that both influence the ongoing formation of the mind.
