Where does our Sense of Beauty come from?
Whoever engages with the beautiful has a good soul. Emmanuel Kant said something like that. Hegel said the art we create transcends the beauty of …
Is AI making us smarter Or dumber?… Or artificially smarter? (AI symbiotic crisis)
I’ve been thinking about memes. 2 years ago, I called meme templates, meme phrases, and reel content outsourced cognition – borrowing others’ structured thoughts. Using …
Psychological Quirks of Language: 10 concepts
Almost 100 years ago, the Kiki-Bouba experiment showed that the words we use to describe objects are not chosen randomly. There is some sense in how we …
Imitation: The Oldest way of Learning, still valid in Education
Monkey see, monkey do. We aren’t just monkeys, but a learning technique they used – learning by observation – still is one of the most …
Acting as Batman makes children brilliant
Studies show pretending to be a role model such as Batman (or any other person with skills) can improve children’s executive functions and adaptability in …
The ChatGPT Effect: How advanced AI changes us
The greatest cognitive skill in a post-ChatGPT world is going to be: Asking the right questions. And then, Knowing where to ask them. 💻 So, …
Symmetry Impulse: Why & How we seek symmetry
You may have heard of the zero-sum game: Someone’s loss is your gain. It’s cited as an economic concept. For every + there is a …
Do looks matter? Always, and in odd ways. Here’s the science!
Browsing on Amazon, scrolling on Instagram, swiping left and right on Tinder, observing people at an airport, and talking with others all have one common …
Memes are advanced emotions and outsourced thought patterns + they protecc (the psychology of memes)
When you imagine a meme, many of you might imagine a funny image with text related to a moment in the universe with some clear …
The Loneliness Loop: Understanding the science to break it and make friends
People go to extreme lengths to counter loneliness. They hug clothes in a closet, talk to themselves and toys, fall in love with an avatar …
Do Universal Words Exist? From evolution to cognates & iconicity
With a loose definition of the word universal, a number of words from many languages are almost universally understood. We learn many words across multiple …
What is anger and how can we manage it?
Summary: We experience anger, an emotion based on the intent to cause harm, to bargain for better treatment from others. We have a welfare trade-off …
The Kawaii Effect: Cute things make us careful, focus our attention & motivate Kama Muta
Many of us like to look at cute images and videos on the internet – our mood improves. Instagram is purrfect for that. Turns out, …
Why Did Humans Evolve Pattern Recognition Abilities?
Evolution necessitates economical and reliable brain mechanisms in some environmental contexts. These mechanisms emerge as a response to patterns in the environment or enable us …