Model D

[Petter]

left PFC: a comparison between two (or more) generalized mental objects or words/symbols

right PFC: a comparison between two (or more) real objects <--> categorization

[Petter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theori...olation_theory

1. benign violation theory (BVT)

2. playful intent

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl...rld-laughs-you

Laughter evolved from the labored breathing of rough-and-tumble play, but it’s come to mean playful intent in both chimpanzees and humans. We punctuate our conversations with laughter, and by doing so, we encourage our conversation partner to stay in the chit-chat game.

[Petter]

right BA10 <--> doubtfulness or openness to change ('P')

[Petter]

left Sy <--> facts

dorsolateral striatum <--> habits

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facts + habits ---> traditional, attached to familiar, conservative (16PF)

[Petter]

dorsomedial striatum <--> dlPFC

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critical, freethinking, flexibility (16PF)

[Petter]

Ne (or Nx)

1. PFA/PFS and working memory

2. association and memory retrieval

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a new shape <--> a new application

[Petter]

the left hemisphere <--> convergent thinking

the right hemisphere <--> divergent thinking

[Petter]

1. logic, the left hemisphere: "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal." (philosophy, mathematical logic, calculation in mathematics (deduction), computer science, computer engineering etc)

2. logic, the right hemisphere: categorization (mathematics etc)

[Petter]

L: define an object (or a concept)

N: create a new object