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Aelia Jusa · 03-02-2002, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by Mouse:
For those who wish to delve deeper, here may be a good place to start looking....

Thanks for finding that, Mouse [img]smile.gif[/img] . But I already know about how the brain develops inside and outside the womb. They seem to be implying that there is no cognition for a while after birth because the brain, cerebrum especially, is too immature, I thought that might be the case myself. But the visual and tactile systems are fully developed after birth (except higher order associations), so there must be some sort of representation of objects in the brain soon after birth, albeit not very good because babies can't see very well. So is this thinking, or does thinking involve something more than just representation, like association, or does it indeed require language?

[ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Aelia Jusa ]

03-02-2002, 06:16 PM	#10
Aelia Jusa Iron Throne Cult Join Date: August 23, 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 4,867	quote: Originally posted by Mouse: For those who wish to delve deeper, here may be a good place to start looking.... Thanks for finding that, Mouse [img]smile.gif[/img] . But I already know about how the brain develops inside and outside the womb. They seem to be implying that there is no cognition for a while after birth because the brain, cerebrum especially, is too immature, I thought that might be the case myself. But the visual and tactile systems are fully developed after birth (except higher order associations), so there must be some sort of representation of objects in the brain soon after birth, albeit not very good because babies can't see very well. So is this thinking, or does thinking involve something more than just representation, like association, or does it indeed require language? [ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Aelia Jusa ] __________________