new research into semantic categories

James Harbeck jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA
Tue Feb 9 03:22:09 UTC 2010


http://thetartan.org/2010/2/8/scitech/brainnoun

Some researchers at Carnegie Mellon have, with the aid of an MRI,
come to the conclusion that human brains classify all non-human
objects in terms of three dimensions: in plain, "Can I eat it? How do
I hold it? Can it give me shelter?"

James Harbeck.

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