The ____, Steven Pinker, a Harvard professor, ____ the cognitive revolution that transformed the study of the mind. ____, psychology was dominated by behaviourism, which rejected mental contents. ____, in the 1950s, researchers at Harvard reconsidered this approach, ____ between computers and ____ cognition. They argued that if computers could have internal states like memory and goal-oriented processing, then humans could also be studied scientifically in a similar way. This ____ the emergence of cognitive science, incorporating fields ____ experimental psychology, linguistics, computer science, artificial intelligence, and neuroscience. The speaker discusses the ____ of high-cost seeds on Indian farmers, ____ massive debt and widespread suicides. ____ seed ____ by corporations like Monsanto, many farmers ____ financially. ____, community seed banks have been established across India to preserve, multiply, and distribute seeds, reducing farmers’ dependency on expensive commercial seeds. These banks help ____ both globalization-____ economic challenges and climate change issues such as floods, droughts, and cyclones. By providing access to seeds, farmers can regain control, grow food crops, and ____ from debt.

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