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Stenka25 Posted 11 years ago
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The meaning of bias
the meaning of bias
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
Connectionism and extreme plasticity are popular among cognitive scientists at the West Pole, who reject a completely blank slate but want to restrict innate organization to simple biases in attention and memory. Extreme plasticity also appeals to neuroscientists who wish to boost the importance of their field for education and social policy, and to entrepreneurs selling products to speed up infant development, cure learning disabilities, or slow down aging.
In this passage I cannot work out what this underlined ‘bias’ means.
It doesn’t seem to mean its general meaning ‘prejudice.’
(Am I right?)
Instead, it seems to mean its another meaning, an inclination to something, or a meaning of technical term.
I’m in a deadlock.
Hope for your reply.
Regards.
The passage below is from ‘the Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker.
http://evolbiol.ru/blankslate/blankslate.htm
Connectionism and extreme plasticity are popular among cognitive scientists at the West Pole, who reject a completely blank slate but want to restrict innate organization to simple biases in attention and memory. Extreme plasticity also appeals to neuroscientists who wish to boost the importance of their field for education and social policy, and to entrepreneurs selling products to speed up infant development, cure learning disabilities, or slow down aging.
In this passage I cannot work out what this underlined ‘bias’ means.
It doesn’t seem to mean its general meaning ‘prejudice.’
(Am I right?)
Instead, it seems to mean its another meaning, an inclination to something, or a meaning of technical term.
I’m in a deadlock.
Hope for your reply.
Regards.
Top answer
One special meaning of bias is an irregularity in the shape of a ball that causes it not to roll in a straight line, but to veer in odd directions, contingent on the slope and texture of the surface. Cognitive scientist believe that analogous "biases" in memory and attention could result in the ability of the brain to learn and adapt to its environment.
- One special meaning of bias is an irregularity in the shape of a ball that causes it not to roll in a straight line, but to veer in odd directions, contingent on the slope and texture of the surface.
- Cognitive scientist believe that analogous "biases" in memory and attention could result in the ability of the brain to learn and adapt to its environment.
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One special meaning of bias is an irregularity in the shape of a ball that causes it not to roll in a straight line, but to veer in odd directions, contingent on the slope and texture of the surface.
Cognitive scientist believe that analogous "biases" in memory and attention could result in the ability of the brain to learn and adapt to its environment.
Cognitive scientist believe that analogous "biases" in memory and attention could result in the ability of the brain to learn and adapt to its environment.
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