Notebooklm AI podcast. The human mind functions as a network-like system where regularities, saliencies, and concepts form a complex whole. Our brains continuously search for recurring patterns in our environment through statistical learning, prioritize information via a salience network, and construct concepts as tools for thinking. This process begins in early childhood and is shaped by both biological tendencies and cultural influences. Cultures can significantly affect what we pay attention to and how we perceive the world, explaining both universal and culturally specific cognitive features. This network view offers a synthesis between empiricism and nativism while explaining consciousness as an emergent property, enabling applications in education, psychotherapy, and artificial intelligence development.

Mind as a Network of Regularities, Saliences, and Concepts

Stadin Öljylanne