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Levels of Intelligibility, Levels of the Self: Realizing the Dialectic with Dr John Vervaeke | Ralston College

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Cognition: Merging Perception and Prediction

This chapter explores the complexities of reading and perception through bottom-up and top-down cognition processes, emphasizing the brain's opponent processing. It discusses the interplay of neural networks that regulate attention, arousal, and cognitive control, drawing attention to their implications in real-world scenarios. Lastly, it highlights predictive processing and relevance realization as crucial frameworks for understanding sensory inputs and crafting adaptive responses to an ever-changing environment.

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