
Ep34 "What is intelligence?"
Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
Learning through Restructuring
Humans differ from monkeys in learning by restructuring knowledge. While monkeys improve gradually through repetition and reinforcement, humans can have sudden insights, or 'aha moments', suggesting they continuously test hypotheses and restructure knowledge for efficient learning.
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