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A small, warm-blooded brown bird with outstretched wings captured in mid-flight against a blue sky.
Neuropsych
Did warm-bloodedness pave the path to sentience?
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Nicholas Humphrey
A drawing shows a person's side profile on the left, with dashed lines leading to a second drawing on the right where the facial features are replaced by a question mark, hinting at a lack of perceptivity.
Business
Emotional intelligence has limits: Hone your “perceptivity” as well
To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
Richard Davis
Close-up of a hand touching a neck, set against a background with textured patterns and a large shadow of a hand overlapping the central image.
Neuropsych
Overthinking? Refocusing on bodily sensations may calm your mind
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
Saga Briggs
A digital collage featuring a woman's face split with computer code and abstract geometric shapes in green, black, and gray tones, representing the complexity of decision-making.
The Present
AI model uses human irrationality to predict our next moves
"How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave."
Ross Pomeroy
Thinking
A philosopher’s case against death
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
Ingemar Patrick Linden
X-ray images of a shoulder and a wrist with highlighted areas in red indicating injuries or inflammation, set against a colorful, abstract background.
Neuropsych
How psychedelics could help silence chronic pain
Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
Saga Briggs
Neon outline of hands in prayer with an arrow pointing from them to a collage of various brand tags on the right side of the image.
Thinking
Everyday Philosophy: Is praying fundamentally egotistical?
God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
Jonny Thomson
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