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Evolutionarily Conserved Neural Responses to Affective Touch Transcend...
Interesting work from Charbonneau et al. in macaque monkeys on the affective (gentle, pleasant) touch pathways that in humans use a different neural network tha... Read more
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New Podcast ‘Ransom’ Investigates Missing 12-year-old Boy and Gambling Addiction
Just launched a new podcast Ransom, you can listen and get links to subscribe at https://ransompodcast.com or listen to the first episode here:On September 12th... Read more
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Leiden, 25 June 2024: 3rd HPP-NL Workshop
After two successful History and Philosophy in the Netherlands (HPP-NL) workshops in Utrecht, the third HPP-NL workshop will take place at the University of... Read more
The 15 may 2024 by Wuthrich
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Collective Behavior from Surprise Minimization
A fascinating model for collective behavior from Heins et al.:SignificanceWe introduce a model of collective behavior, proposing that individual members within ... Read more
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How the US is Destroying Young People's Future.
When I wake up in the morning, I frequently remind myself to be grateful for the luck of having been born in 1942, and being able to ride the crest of a number... Read more
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Blueprint - Nicholas Christakis on the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
This opinion piece by Frank Bruni in the NYTimes motivated me to download and read Nicholas Christakis' Magnum Opus “Blueprint” (very much in the 'everything yo... Read more
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Can There Be Scientific Criteria for What is Moral Behavior?
I want to pass on an essay by Sam Harris updating his 2011 book "The Moral Landscape." I'm doing this mainly so that I can look back to this post when I want... Read more
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How Blue Light Regulates the Body, Brain, and Immune System
Here is the abstract from a PNAS perspectives article by Slominski et al. with the title "Photo-neuro-immuno-endocrinology: How the ultraviolet radiation... Read more
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An Expanded View of Human Minds and Their Reality.
I want to pass on this recent essay by Venkatesh Rao in its entirety, because it has changed my mind on agreeing with Daniel Dennett that the “Hard Problem” of... Read more
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