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: The "outer layer" divided into specialized lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital) that handle everything from visual perception to high-level thinking. 2. Functional Connectivity
: Brain design is heavily constrained by physics. As brains grow larger, their metabolic cost grows faster than the rest of the body. This leads to "compact" designs, such as the folding of the cerebral cortex, which allows for more surface area (and thus more processing power) without needing a massive skull. brain design
: A core design principle is that the brain is not a passive receiver of information. Instead, it functions as a predictive engine , constantly generating models of the world to anticipate what will happen next. : The "outer layer" divided into specialized lobes
: The "outer layer" divided into specialized lobes (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital) that handle everything from visual perception to high-level thinking. 2. Functional Connectivity
: Brain design is heavily constrained by physics. As brains grow larger, their metabolic cost grows faster than the rest of the body. This leads to "compact" designs, such as the folding of the cerebral cortex, which allows for more surface area (and thus more processing power) without needing a massive skull.
: A core design principle is that the brain is not a passive receiver of information. Instead, it functions as a predictive engine , constantly generating models of the world to anticipate what will happen next.