Canadian writer and former New Yorker.
Joined February 2011
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James Somers explores the science behind an age-old mystery: What is a thought? nyer.cm/7jCrWr9
“Estimates suggest that 30 per cent of all languages will have vanished by the end of the century. Isolates – some used by just a few hundred people – are particularly vulnerable.” @DreValentino
The unique, vanishing languages that hold secrets about how we think newscientist.com/article/mg2…
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How Social Class shapes Social Cognition
"Features of lower-class communities (resource scarcity) promote #SocialCognition via cultural processes,
Social cognition involves neural demands that are separate from #NonsocialCognition"
cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…
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This essay makes a very important point: Most people's mental image of living sustainably is a fairy tale image of the opposite.
worksinprogress.substack.com…
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How can allowing ourselves to experience uncertainty lead to enhanced creativity?
Divergent Perception @PsychToday psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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Interoception: the hidden sense that shapes wellbeing theguardian.com/science/2021…
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Follow these steps from Kierkegaard to overcome your existential crisis and rediscover your zing psyche.co/guides/how-kierkeg…
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“The Universe Might Be One Big Neural Network, Study Finds” popularmechanics.com/science…
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In dreams and in waking life, we're "actually creating space and time, not just operating within it like a character in a video game." Here's how, writes @RobertLanza bit.ly/3iDmEh4
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An EXCELLENT article by Dr. J. Coleman @drjcoleman in the Aeon. Quite a rational approach for dealing with pain.
"The path out of hell is through misery. By refusing to accept the misery that is part of climbing out of hell, you fall back into hell." ML
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"Cognitive dissonance is what we feel when the self-concept — I'm smart, I'm kind, I'm convinced this belief is true — is threatened by evidence that we did something that wasn't smart, that we did something that hurt another person, that the belief isn't true."
Esp. apt right now. @EBernsteinWSJ @PreFrontalBlog
.@WSJ on “cognitive reappraisal” leading to “better mental health & more life satisfaction,& even better...hearts” wsj.com/articles/steps-to-tu… ”
Activate your "hope molecules" in 2021 via exercise: "If you are willing to move...your muscles will give you hope. Your brain will orchestrate pleasure. And your entire physiology will adjust to help you...keep going.'" @kellymcgonigal @ReporterSteph @NPR @NPRHealth
Via 2015: "Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (L.I.W.C.), [has]...more predictive power than other models based on traditional demographic, socioeconomic, and health-risk factors." @mkonnikova @jwpennebaker @JEichstaedt @newyorker
Interesting: What Your Tweets Say About You - The New Yorker newyorker.com/science/maria-… #HCSM #hitsm
"[F]amilial similarities in the connectome are more pronounced in the brain areas [re:] complex cognitive processes—the very areas that tend to vary more among strangers....daydreaming, self-reflection and rumination... attention." @DrDamienFair @oscar_m_d_mex
Unique brain 'fingerprints'! Just as ‘genotype’ refers to unique expression of genetic inheritance, a connectotype describes the distinct pattern of brain activity that characterizes the way each person’s mind works. May help devise tailored treatments. buff.ly/2N6fSxM
