A Brief Introduction to Swarm Intelligence
Intellectus (Nous)
Capacity for
- logic
- abstract thought
- understanding
- self-awareness
- communication
- learning
- emotional knowledge
- memory
- planning
- creativity and problem solving
Source: Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages",
Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173.
Intelligence in Nature
Animals
- Human
- Non-human - g Factor
- Vertabrates: Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish Cephalopods
- Arthropods
- Plants - Perception?
Neuroscience and intelligence
Human
- Brain volume
- Grey matter
- White matter
- Cortical thickness
- Neural efficiency
Primate
- Brain size
Brain-to-body mass ratio
