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Is the Mind a Network? Maps, Vehicles, and Skyhooks in Cognitive Network Science

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, 2021
Cognitive researchers often carve cognition up into structures and processes. Cognitive processes operate on structures, like vehicles driving over a map.
Thomas T. Hills, Yoed N. Kenett
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hard, Harder, and the Hardest Problem: The Society of Cognitive Selves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The hard problem of consciousness is explicating how moving matter becomes thinking matter. Harder yet is the problem of spelling out the mutual determinations of individual experiences and the experiencing self.
Posina, Venkata Rayudu
core   +3 more sources

Examining the Role of Political Language and Rhetoric in the Context of the Debate on Political Efficacy

open access: yesСравнительная политика
Assessing political efficacy is considered one of the most challenging topics in the social and political sciences. While traditional measures of political efficacy include a common number of indicators ranging from analyzing the economic state of ...
E. B. Degtyareva
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What is the importance of executing rituals ‘correctly’ and why do people continue to engage in them?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of cause and effect. From a cognitive point of view, two kinds of religious rituals can be identified: special agent rituals, where superhuman agents act on
Hennie Viviers
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Cognitive Science Is and Should Be Pluralistic

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, 2019
Núñez et al (2019) argue (1) that the field of Cognitive Science has failed, in that it has not arrived at a cohesive theory, and (2) that this is contrary to the intentions of the founders. Their survey of publication and citation patterns bears out the
D. Gentner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive science fiction

open access: yesTrends in Cognitive Sciences, 2001
Cognitive science looks more like science fiction in a US lab where scientists are working on a new generation of cyborg. Half-fish, half-robot, their creation is capable of responding to light. The researchers connect the brainstem of a lamprey to a small robot on wheels, tapping into the neural network normally responsible for the lamprey's orienting
openaire   +3 more sources

The Value of Diversity in Cognitive Science

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, 2019
A recent article (Núñez et al., 2019) claims that cognitive science, while starting off as a multidisciplinary enterprise, has "failed to transition to a mature inter-disciplinary coherent field." Two indicators reported in support of this claim target ...
Andrea Bender
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism and Cognitive Sciences in Dialogue: Pedagogical Reflections on Teaching across Disciplines

open access: yesReligions, 2021
In this essay, we, a professor and a student, share our experience of teaching and learning in a class on Buddhism and cognitive science at George Washington University.
Eyal Aviv, Kaleigh Spires
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