I. THE BRAIN

I.1. The brain and cognitive psychology 

Included in the related links are the four free on-line books in which the exposition of the Global Cognitive Theory is divided: the brain and computers, intelligence and creativity, memory, and finally will: the processes of making decisions, and artificial intelligence.

Square brain - Nice
 

Also listed in the related links to the Global Cognitive Theory is the online book on the General Theory of the Conditional Evolution of Life. Both theories address the central theme of cognitive psychology: intelligence, cognitive functions of the brain, their origin, and evolution from various perspectives.

There is also a link to the on-line book of the Global Scientific Method and the philosophy of science. It includes the design of new scientific methods and the classification of the stages and steps of the scientific method; understanding the scientific method in the broad sense as the application of logic to the generation of common knowledge with a high level of reliability.

According the sociology of science all types of social interests affect the phase of general acceptance of a scientific theory, from the realm of sociology as in the case of Darwin’s theory, to the professional interests and technician nature as in the case of the Theory of Relativity of Einstein’s brain.

Consequently, the last item of the related links with cognitive psychology and the brain is The EDI Study - Evolution and Design of Intelligence.

This statistical study is an empirical research about some considerations of the Global Cognitive Theory related with the brain and evolution, in particular the definition of intelligence.

The results of the statistical survey The EDI Study, April 2002, regarding an elegant intelligence show some important considerations within the scientific method:

• The hereditary nature of relational intelligence is confirmed.

• The genetic information with less intellectual potential is the significant one, as the General Theory of Conditional Evolution of Life states regarding the concept of conditional intelligence.

• Likewise, it seems that the main functions of intelligence, or those evolving faster, are fairly concentrated in only one chromosome.

• The most innovative element of this work on cognitive psychology is undoubtedly the section relating to simulation. This section contains the explanation of how the artificial intelligence quotient vectors are generated by using the previsions of the new theory of evolution; they practically behave like the variables that were actually observed, in despite of the intrinsic complexity involved.

• As if that were not enough, with the due caution this subject deserves, the existence of a finalistic or teleological evolution is scientifically proven to agree with that indicated by the General Theory of Conditional Evolution of Life.

Given that the current results in this book suggest a fairly radical change from the common opinions held by the majority of the scientific community and society, the logical deduction is that more extensive studies on cognitive psychology using the same methodology need to be performed.

An example of further exploration of this study is found in the section that has been added subsequently, which is related to partner choice and intelligence. In this section a hypothesis regarding a concrete requisite of the acceptable limit of the difference in intelligence when forming a couple, is confirmed and simultaneously reinforces the model's overall coherence. In fact, the requirement refers to the unconscious choice of an unknown intelligence for current cognitive psychology.