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and schizophrenics,
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Frontal lobotomy,
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,
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–
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Frost, Robert,
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Fukushima, Kunihiko,
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Futuristic fantasies,
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Galaxy Zoo project,
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Galileo Galilei,
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,
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,
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Gall, Franz Joseph,
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,
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,
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Galton, Francis,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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Gambling,
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and Pascal's Wager,
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–
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA),
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,
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Gauguin, Paul,
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Gauss, Carl,
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Geigy, J. R., pharmaceutical company,
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General intelligence as simplistic,
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Genes,
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and autism or schizophrenia,
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Bernal on future manipulation of,
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and connectome,
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,
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,
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expressing of,
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and growth of axon,
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–
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Mendel's discovery of,
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and neuronal connectome,
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neurons influenced by,
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in study of
C. elegans,
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–
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and synapse creation,
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in wiring of brain,
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,
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Gene therapy,
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for Parkinson's disease,
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Genetic code,
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Genetic engineering, and mental disorders in animals,
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Genetic testing

on fetus,
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for Huntington's disease (HD),
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–
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Genie (abused child),
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,
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,
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Genome,
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,
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,
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multiple meanings of,
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Genome, human

excerpt from,
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as explanation of differences,
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of fraternal twins,
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as unchangeable,
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,
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,
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viewing of,
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Genomics,
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–
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,
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,
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–
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and autism or schizophrenia,
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–
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and connectomes,
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progress of,
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,
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Giza, pyramid of,
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–
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Glial cells,
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Glutamate,
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,
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God

humanity making itself into (transhumanism),
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and Pascal's Wager,
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–
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Gödel, Kurt,
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Goldschmidt, Richard,
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Golgi, Camillo,
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,
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,
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,
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Golgi staining method,
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–
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Gould, Elizabeth,
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,
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,
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Graham, Sonny,
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–
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“Grand challenges,”
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“Grandmother cell” theory of perception,
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Gray matter,
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,
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,
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.
See also
Cortex

Greeks (ancient), and Fates,
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Greenough, William,
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,
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,
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,
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Grey, Aubrey de,
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Grossberg, Stephen,
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“Growth cone,”
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Guerre, Martin,
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,
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Gujrat, Pakistan, shrine in,
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–
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Hall, David,
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,
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,
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–
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Harris, Kristen,
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,
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,
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,
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Harvard University, ultramicrotome in,
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–
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,
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Harvey, Thomas,
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Hawking, Stephen,
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–
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Hayek, Friedrich,
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Hayworth, Ken,
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–
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,
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–
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Heaven,
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as computer simulation,
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–
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Hebb, Donald,
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Hebbian synaptic plasticity,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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disabling of,
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as learning,
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and potential to learn,
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variant of,
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Hebbian strengthening,
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Heidelberg,
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Helmstaedter, Moritz,
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Hemispherectomy,
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Hierarchical organization of neurons, in perception,
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and memory “grounding,”
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–
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Hierarchical perceptron model for brain,
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Hippocampus,
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,
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,
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fluoxetine effect on,
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posterior,
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and schizophrenia,
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study as enlarging,
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“Hive mind,”
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Homunculus, motor or sensory,
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–
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,
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,
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Hubel, David,
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,
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Human Connectome Project,
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,
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Human Genome Project,
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,
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,
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
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Hume, David,
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Huntington's disease (HD),
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–
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,
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Huxley, Aldous,
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HVC (region of bird brain),
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–
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,
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,
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,
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–
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,
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Hypothermia, and memory,
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–
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Hypotheses, role of in science,
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and tools of measurement,
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I Am Your Child Foundation,
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IBM, and Markram,
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Ideas, abstract,
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Image analysis, automating of,
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Imipramine,
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–
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Immortality,
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–
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as information preservation,
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–
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Implicit (nondeclarative) memory,
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–
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of birds,
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–
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acquisition of,
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–
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as synaptic chain,
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–
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,
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Inbreeding,
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Individual differences

and averages,
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and brain,
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,
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,
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,
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connectionism as explaining,
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connectomes as basis for,
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–
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,
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and smaller connectomes,
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between twins,
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Inductive (“data-driven”) approach to science,
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Inferior colliculus,
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Inferior parietal lobule,
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Infinite regress, and neuronal explanation of perception,
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Information, self as,
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–
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Information theoretic death,
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Inherited traits, DNA as source of,
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.
See also
Nature-nurture relation

Inhibition, need for,
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Inhibitory neurons,
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–
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,
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and divergent synaptic chains,
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and sedatives,
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Inhibitory synapses,
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,
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Insanity.
See
Mental disorders and disabilities; Schizophrenia

Intelligence,
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and brain size

correlation between,
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in Anatole France and Ivan Turgenev,
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–
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and Galton's approach,
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–
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,
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multiple,
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Pearson's categorization of,
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Intelligence Amplification (IA),
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Intermarriage between cousins, and microcephaly,
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Interneurons,
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Intracellular recording,
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–
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Inverted-image telescope experiment,
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Ion channel,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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iPhone, as modern miracle,
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Iproniazid,
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–
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IQ

as simplistic,
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frontal and parietal lobes correlated with,
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–
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Irreversibility,
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Jain, Viren,
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James, William,
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Jesuit maxim on childhood indoctrination,
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John the Baptist,
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Kandel, Eric,
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Kanizsa triangle,
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Kanner, Leo,
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Karten, Harvey,
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Kasparov, Garry,
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Kasthuri, Narayanan “Bobby,”
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Keith, Sir Arthur,
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Kelvin, Lord,
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Kennard Principle,
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Khufu (pharaoh),
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–
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Knives,
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Knott, Graham,
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Knudsen, Eric,
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,
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Koch, Christof,
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Koch, Robert,
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Koskinas, Georg,
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Kurzweil, Ray,
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,
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Labyrinth,
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,
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Lander, Eric,
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Language

Broca-Wernicke model of,
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,
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,
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replacement for,
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and hemispherectomy,
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learning of in childhood,
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by Genie,
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in left hemisphere,
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and stroke,
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and synaptic chain,
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Languages, lost,
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–
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Large Hadron Collider (LHC),
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Lashley, Karl,
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–
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,
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,
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Las Vegas,
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Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN),
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,
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Lateralization, cerebral,
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,
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Law of Dynamic Polarization,
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Laws of Behavior Genetics,
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,
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Learning

and connectomes,
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connectome change as cause,
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critical period for,
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–
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,
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and vision experiments,
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–
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,
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,
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as expansion of cortical areas,
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and four R's of connectome change,
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(
see also
Reconnection; Regeneration; Reweighting of synapse; Rewiring of brain)

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