Category: Cognition
Art, Emotions, and Language: Why Words Matter for Aesthetics
Anjan Chatterjee Abstract expressionism and Robert Motherwell In a recently published paper1, I asked, “Could Robert Motherwell have been as great an artist if he […]
How Deliberate Unplugging Boosts Your Mind and Mood
By now, you’re probably aware that spending too much time staring at digital screens can harm your health. The internet is brimming with studies linking […]
Perception, Thought, and Emotion |
Source: Image by Matthew Sharps / Computer Generated In previous posts on The Forensic View, we have seen that eyewitness memories can be reconfigured in […]
The Energetic Odyssey of the Brain
Have you ever contemplated how your brain, the voracious energy consumer within your body, navigates its metabolic journey? Unlike other organs that can tap into […]
Schrödinger’s Tree |
In 1935, quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger suggested a controversial thought experiment to highlight the paradoxical nature of time in quantum mechanics.1 In the experiment, he […]
How Does the Observing Self Help Create Synchronicities?
Present Moment Leslie Greiner with her permission Creating a mental image of a synchronicity requires that the person’s observing self notices two or more events […]
The Art of Thinking Well
I first encountered Daniel Dennett’s work in an undergraduate philosophy class. I read his Consciousness Explained, a massive, groundbreaking book that demolished everything I knew […]
How My Favorite Meme Teaches 2 Ways of Thinking
Meme of a can of biscuits with the words “No matter how prepared I think I am, this still scares the crap out of me […]
The 10,000-Hour Myth and “Expertise” in Critical Thinking
When I was much younger, my mother would say, “Practice makes perfect.” Of course, this simplified phrasing—used to motivate impressionable young minds—wasn’t entirely factual, but […]