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I'm looking around for material that would provide someone without a background in neuroscience some understanding of the debate about Integrated Information Theory and the study of consciousness.
I've read Tononi and Koch's 2015 "Consciousness: here, there, and everywhere?"
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0167
I was wondering what have been the most important critiques of this theory, and where the debate now stands.
Thanks for any suggestions you might have.
Cognitive science has taken off at British schools but hasn’t registered in the U.S. Educators blame it on America’s decentralized system and grad schools that are often hostile to research. The74million.org has more:
flip.it · ‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to Register in U.S.
Thought provoking essay on anthropomorphism and our interpretation of animal behaviour. Make sure to read the comment section as well.
Clearly, the way in which we ascribe - or identify - animal emotions will help shape our thinking about how we ought to treat them.
Less obviously, revising our views about anthropomorphism might change our thinking about moral responsibility. What are we thinking and doing when we say "Good dog!"?
https://aeon.co/essays/when-is-enjoying-funny-animal-videos-not-anthropomorphism
AeonWhen is enjoying funny animal videos not anthropomorphism? | Aeon EssaysInterpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism
The latest episode of my "Theory of Change" podcast is out.
Venkatesh Rao joined me to cut through the AI hype and doomerism, exploring how large language models really work and why "mediocrity" is often the secret ingredient behind breakthroughs in evolution, technology, and the economy.
https://plus.flux.community/p/why-mediocrity-seems-to-be-the-key
A team from the Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, cimcyc.bsky.social) published a #programming guide aimed at students in #psychology and #cognitive #neuroscience. This evolving set of #tutorials offers a curated collection of conceptual reflections, practical examples, and methodological recommendations. The material is available in #Python, #RStats, and #MATLAB.
https://wobc.github.io/programming_book/
#CognitiveScience #OpenScience
Fascinating but not surprising: smarter people tend to question moral foundations more, especially those based on tradition, conformity or group loyalty. Maybe it’s not a lack of morality, but a refusal to accept inherited dogma.
#psychology #intelligence #morality #criticalthinking #cognitivescience #research
PsyPost Psychology News · People with higher cognitive ability have weaker moral foundations, new study finds
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In my latest Theory of Change episode, I spoke with political scientist Eric Oliver about his research showing that American political divides reflect cognitive divides between "intuitionists" who think with their guts and "rationalists" who prefer abstract thinking.
His book predicted the RFK-Trump synthesis so is worth much discussion. https://plus.flux.community/p/americas-political-divide-is-psychological
Critical reasoning vs Cognitive Delegation
Old School Focus:
Building internal cognitive capabilities and managing cognitive load independently.
Cognitive Delegation Focus:
Orchestrating distributed cognitive systems while maintaining quality control over AI-augmented processes.
We can still go for a jog or go hunt our own deer, but for reaching the stars we, the Apes do what Apes do best: Use tools to build on our cognitive abilities. AI is a tool.
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HOW MEMORY WORKS—and how it goes wrong—explored clearly and beautifully by two distinguished researchers. The implications for misinformation, disinformation, and subconscious bias are discussed along with relevant experiments. Great stuff! A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/memory-lane-ciara-greene/1145650349?ean=9780691257099
Barnes & NobleMemory Lane: The Perfectly Imperfect Ways We Remember|HardcoverAn illuminating look at the adaptive nature of our memories—and how their flexibility and fallibility help us survive and thriveWe tend to think of our memories as impressions of the past that remain fully intact, preserved somewhere inside our brains. In fact, we construct...
https://www.europesays.com/2050792/ Benton Community Boosts Science Learning with STEM Grant | #america #BehaviorModification #BranchesOfScience #cognition #CognitiveScience #education #EducationTheory #HumanCommunication #intelligence #learning #LiberalArtsEducation #neuroscience #pedagogy #PrimateBehavior #ProceduralKnowledge #science #teaching #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA
EUROPE SAYS · Benton Community Boosts Science Learning with STEM Grant | - EUROPE SAYSVAN HORNE - Benton Community High School is bringing a new spark to science education with the use of Positive Physics, a digital learning platform being used
“The resource-rationality idea gives a cognitive science explanation for why CBT methods work: they align with how the brain naturally tries to balance mental effort and emotional benefit.”#cognitivebehavioraltherapy #mentalhealth #cognitivescience #psychotherapy #psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy #learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58848-6?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fconsciousness
NatureHumans learn generalizable representations through efficient coding - Nature CommunicationsReinforcement learning models of human behavior are limited in explaining the capacity for generalization. Here, the authors propose an efficient coding principle for reinforcement learning, whereby agents use compact representations, enabling human-like generalization.
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Next was an excellent talk by Shari Liu on the integration between social and physical intelligence in the human mind (focusing on infants) at the Kempner Institute at Harvard University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojTiQC9uIc (3/4) #CognitiveScience
This one is finally out! 
We introduce g-distance, a measure we derive with Set Theory that assesses model adequacy by comparing the range of behaviours exhibited by models to that of humans. #computationalmodeling
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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
Ars Technica · Compression conjures apparent intelligence in new puzzle-solving AI approach
If:
- Calculators delegated our capacity for arithmetic to machines
- The camera delegated our capacity for visual memory to machines
- The tape recorder delegated our capacity for auditory memory ..
- Google and wikipedia delegated our capacity to remember facts ..
Then what are LLMs doing?
And if each of those delegations made space for other types of mental load, what are we making space for this time?
(This is a thought experiment, I have no evidence that any of the above actually happened).
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Does anyone know about Helmholtz machines, or similar, and would be open to me asking a couple of questions?
I do experimental cognitive psychology and they're outside my expertise, and I think my questions are the type that are hard to answer through reading individual papers myself but should be simple for someone who is familiar with the higher level assumptions and norms of the field.
Thanks!
Learning by thinking in natural and artificial minds (paywall $$$) https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364-6613(24)00191-8 #artificialintelligence #cognitivescience
linkinghub.elsevier.comLearning by thinking in natural and artificial mindsCanonical cases of learning involve novel observations external to the mind, but learning can also occur through mental processes such as explaining t…