Questions about the nature of normative and atypical development in adolescence have
taken on special significance in the last few years, as scientists have begun to recast old …

At a time of increased social usage of net and collaborative applications, a robust and
detailed theory of social presence could contribute to our understanding of social behavior …

A provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious
philosophical case for the rights of robots. We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices …

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in
the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition …

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

In the past decades, reductionism has dominated both research directions and funding
policies in clinical psychology and psychiatry. The intense search for the biological basis of …

An account of the different ways in which things have become cognitive extensions of the
human body, from prehistory to the present. An increasingly influential school of thought in …

Listen deeply. Tell stories. This is the mantra of the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in
Berkeley California, which, since 1998 has worked with nearly 1,000 organizations around …

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests:
rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people …

In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably
linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects. Drawing …