Humans care about having a positive reputation, which may prompt them to help in
scenarios where the return benefits are not obvious. Various game-theoretical models …

It is only in recent decades that subjective experience-or consciousness-has become a
legitimate object of scientific inquiry. As such, it represents perhaps the greatest challenge …

Humans possess the remarkable capacity to imagine possible worlds and to demarcate
possibilities and impossibilities in reasoning. We can think about what might happen in the …

The importance of perspective-taking crosses disciplines and is foundational to diverse
phenomena such as point-of-view, scale, mindset, theory of mind, opinion, belief, empathy …

DSRP Theory is now over 25 years old with more empirical evidence supporting it than any
other systems thinking framework. Yet, it is often misunderstood and described in ways that …

Magic is an art form that has fascinated humans for centuries. Recently, the techniques used
by magicians to make their audience experience the impossible have attracted the attention …

This paper posits that universal atomic elements exist that underlie complex cognition. At its
core, constructs are born of the dynamics of thinking operating on information. This …

Current research indicates that (sub) surface ocean worlds essentially devoid of subaerial
landmasses (eg, continents) are common in the Milky Way and that these worlds could host …

Octopuses may demonstrate perceptual richness, neural unity, temporality, and finally,
valence or affective evaluation, as the neural basis for consciousness. Octopuses attach a …

This paper starts from Schrödinger's famous question “what is life” and elucidates answers
that invoke, in particular, Friston's free energy principle and its relation to the method of …