| recursive thinking: fractals? |
[Jan. 15th, 2004|06:45 pm] |
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Puzzled monkeys reveal key language step
The key cognitive step that allowed humans to become the only animals using language may have been identified, scientists say.
"Recursive ability is uniquely human and effects more than just our language, but most of our behaviour," says renowned primate language expert David Premack....
Mastery of the underlying rule of recursion is the key to human flexibility, Premack believes, allowing humans to think in the abstract, use metaphors and comprehend concepts such as time. It probably arose as the brain evolved into a more complex organ, but is not located in a single brain region.
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This is really awesome! This may mean that fractal thinking/perception algorithms can be a lot more successful then the linear ones. They also provide a lot better data compression for memories.
Need to find out more about the guy's work.
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