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Natural Information Processing Systems

Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Natural information processing systems such as biological evolution and human cognition organize information used to govern the activities of natural entities. When dealing with biologically secondary information, these systems can be specified by five common principles that we propose underlie natural information processing systems. The principles equate: (1) human long-term memory with a genome; (2) learning from other humans with biological reproduction; (3) problem solving through random generate and test with random mutation; (4) working memory when processing novel information with the epigenetic system managing environmental information; (5) long-term working memory with the epigenetic system managing genomic information. These five principles provide an integrated perspective for the nature of human learning and thought. They also have implications for the presentation of information.
Institution: UNSW Sydney
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,000
OpenAlex ID: W2177345101
FWCI: 9.582
Cites: 88
Cited by: 281
Related to: 10