Why we need hierarchies of description to understand anything; how we understand very complex electronic systems; the nature of understanding in the physical sciences; what understanding the brain means.
The major types of memory – semantic, episodic, priming, procedural, and working memory; speech; complex cognitive tasks; human consciousness and self awareness.
How the brain fits together; the properties of neurons, axons and dendrites; the chemistry of neurons; the major anatomical structures – cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, basal ganglia, basal forebrain, amygdala, hypothalamus, cerebellum.
Practical considerations that influence system architectures – the need to limit resources, to change features without interference with existing unchanged features, the need to construct the system etc.; how these practical considerations shape the architecture of...
How the anatomy and physiology of the brain confirms the presence of the predicted architectural forms; how major anatomical structures correspond with the information processing subsystems predicted by the natural selection pressures resulting from the practical...
