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I’m a philosopher with a PhD in Psychobiology, writing a blog with phenomenological descriptions of perceptual, cognitive, and affective experiences: https://phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/

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I don't understand how this paper has under 200 citations. The implications are critical for our understanding of cross modal integration. This should be a whole area of research, exploring the time course, load effects, etc. There's a whole series of careers lined up like tee balls here.

02.09.2025 21:37 — 👍 34    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

Excellent!

08.08.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What do you think of LeDoux's counterarguments, in The Emotional Brain, to Cannon's criticisms of James?

13.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I remember that in the book 'What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories' by the philosopher Paul Griffiths, he mentions this example of the whale.

25.06.2025 18:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I see that each definition and theory of emotion emphasizes some of its components: Stimulus, Context, Neurophysiology, Physiology, Motivation, Expression, Function, Behavior, Experience, Cognition.

23.06.2025 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gigil (so cute) Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

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06.06.2025 14:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Daily Nous After serving for over two decades, Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis) and Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen) have stepped down as co-editors-in-chief of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Scienc...

New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

02.06.2025 12:53 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Familiarity Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

How do you feel that something is familiar? #familiarity #phenomenology #microphenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/fami...

30.05.2025 12:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m trying to explore subjective experiences on my blog using a micro-phenomenological approach. I also wrote an article aiming to identify physiological correlates based on studies mapping bodily sensations of emotions.

26.05.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Joy Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

A Description of the Subjective Experience of Joy
#emotions #phenomenology #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/joy....

25.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Do you have any suggestions for perceptual, cognitive, or affective experiences I could explore on my blog of phenomenological descriptions? I invite you to visit the blog and share your suggestions in the comments: phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
#phenomenology #emotions #congnition

21.05.2025 11:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Extending Minds with Generative AI - Nature Communications As human-AI collaborations become the norm, we should remind ourselves that it is our basic nature to build hybrid thinking systems – ones that fluidly incorporate non-biological resources. Recognizin...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

20.05.2025 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flow Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

The Experience of Flow
#phenomenology #flow #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/flow...

20.05.2025 11:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you'd like to share descriptions of your own phenomenological experiences on topics from my blog, you’re welcome to leave them in the comments. You’re also invited to explore the descriptions I’ve been publishing.
Link: phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com

16.05.2025 11:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Complex Emotions Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

Complex Emotions: A Micro-Phenomenological Analysis
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15.05.2025 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Surprise! Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

A Micro-phenomenology of Surprise!
#surprise #emotion #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/surp...

12.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The difference that produces the effect lies in the thinner outline of the cubes. For example, when the lines are white, the thin black outline appears in different positions.

07.05.2025 22:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Visual Perception Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

Phenomenological Experiences of Optical Illusions
#phenomenology #opticalillusions #visualperception
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/visu...

06.05.2025 12:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Creativity Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

A Phenomenology of Creativity
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/crea...

03.05.2025 11:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Surprise in Science: A qualitative study - Erkenntnis A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...

Excited to see more #PhilSci scholars employing diverse methodologies in their work. To that end, in our paper we used qualitative data analysis to understand the role of surprise in science.

#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

01.05.2025 09:58 — 👍 40    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 0
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Anger Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

Anger: A Phenomenological Description
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30.04.2025 17:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sadness Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

Phenomenology of Sadness
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28.04.2025 12:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The representation of mood in primate anterior insular cortex Understanding how the brain reflects and shapes mood requires resolving the disconnect between behavioral measures of mood that can only be made in humans (typically based on subjective reports of hap...

A putative neural correlate of mood!

One big (scandalous?) idea, simple analyses, and the STRONGEST brain/behavior correlation I've EVER seen (which is shocking, given that it's mood).

Work with: You-Ping Yang, @catrinahacker.bsky.social and Veit Stuphorn.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

25.04.2025 13:49 — 👍 168    🔁 48    💬 9    📌 4
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Fear Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

How do you feel fear?
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25.04.2025 21:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Emotions Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

An investigation of emotions from a first-person perspective
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/inve...

24.04.2025 15:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Attention Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.

A phenomenological description of the act of paying attention.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/atte...

24.04.2025 01:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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