Human communication is a traditional topic of research in many disciplines such as
psychology, linguistics and philosophy, all of which mainly focused on language, gestures …

The componential view of human emotion recognises that affective states comprise
conscious, behavioural, physiological, neural and cognitive elements. Although many …

Whether current or near-term AI systems could be conscious is a topic of scientific interest
and increasing public concern. This report argues for, and exemplifies, a rigorous and …

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If
reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why …

" A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work."—Nature How did we come to have minds? For
centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the …

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood
and turned my understanding upside down'–Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point …

Just as metacognition is cognition about cognition, and a metatheory is a theory about
theories, the meta-problem is a problem about a problem. The initial problem is the hard …

Large language models (LLMs) represent a major advance in artificial intelligence and, in
particular, toward the goal of human-like artificial general intelligence. It is sometimes …

This article argues that consciousness has a logically sound, explanatory framework,
different from typical accounts that suffer from hidden mysticism. The article has three main …

A New York Times Bestseller. A scientist's exploration into the mysteries of the human mind.
What is the mind? What is the experience of the self truly made of? How does the mind differ …