The Brain Senses Touch beyond the Body
Write up on Miller et al’s recent work in Scientific American. Cognitive neuroscienceemboldenedneurosciencesituated cognition
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Adam Smith on Sensory Perception: A Sympathetic Account
The aim of this chapter is to propose an account of sensory perception from the known writings of Adam Smith, chiefly his juvenile work, “On the External Senses.” This account asserts that when we perceive an object we simulate its painful or pleasurable effects on our body—we imaginatively place ourselves in proximity to the object and…
Indulgent Sympathy and the Impartial Spectator
Cognitive neuroscience is in the midst of what has been called an “affective revolution,” which places empathy at the center of a core set of moral competencies. While empathy has not been without its critics (Bloom, 2013; Prinz, 2011), both the radicals and the reactionaries routinely cite Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS)…
Embodied Dyadic Interaction Increases Complexity of Neural Dynamics: A Minimal Agent-Based Simulation Model
As ever, anything that Tom Froese is a part of, is worthy of attention. This just published article is made feely available here. agent-based modelingCognitive neurosciencecomplexityEmbodied cognitionenactivismsituated cognitionTom Froese
C. S. Peirce and F. A. Hayek on the Abstract Nature of Sensation and Cognition
Jim Wible’s chapter. Charles Sanders PeirceCognitive neuroscienceFriedrich HayekHayek in MindJames wiblephilosophical psychology
From Wide Cognition to Mechanisms: A Silent Revolution
“Going mechanistic”: fun paper just published in Frontiers in Psychology. Culture seems to function as a classic example of “epistemic action” active externalismCognitive neuroscienceCognitive scienceEmbodied cognitionenactivismExtended cognitionsituated cognition
Fuster Reviews The Sensory Order Reissue
Speaking of Fuster, here is his review of Vanberg’s reissued The Sensory Order that I commissioned in the latest issue of JMB. Cognitive neuroscienceFriedrich HayekJoaquin Fusterjournal of mind and behaviorphilosophical psychologythe sensory orderviktor vanberg
Hayek in Today’s Cognitive Neuroscience
Joaquín Fuster’s thoughts on Hayek. Cognitive neuroscienceFriedrich HayekHayek in MindJoaquin FusterSelf-organizationSensory Order
LSD-induced states
Two recent articles: Journal of Neuroscience Results demonstrate first, that LSD reduced activity in brain areas important for self-processing, but also social cognition, second that change in brain activity was linked to subjective experience, and third that LSD decreased the efficiency of establishing joint attention. Frontiers in Neuroscience We have applied techniques from natural language…
John Cacioppo, 1951-2018
APS Past President John T. Cacioppo, a co-founder of the field of social neuroscience and a 2018 recipient of the APS William James Fellow Award, has died after a long illness. — APS Cognitive neuroscienceJohn CacioppoSocial Neuroscience
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