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Chronic Pain in a Cognitive Domain
Pain is an alarm system which rings at any indication of damaged tissue, flushing electrophysiological signals towards our brain like fire through weeds. Humans then learn to avoid any future actions that could stimulate the same reaction or cause the same wounds. Sometimes, however, there is no wound, and yet the alarm system still rings.
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The Feasibility of Radically Translating Alien Language
The degree to which language shapes cognition, thought, and perception is an ongoing debate in the field of linguistics—a debate without clear consensus. Some veins of thought appear to believe that the relation between language and perception is so inextricable that they give form to one other.
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Dual Consciousness in Split-Brain Patients
Joe, the Split-Brain Patient Adorned with a saturated blue and red sweater, Joe sits in a room full of flickering computer screens as a bright white monitor glows before him on the table. A balding man with circular glasses named Michael Gazzaniga sits next to him. Gazzaniga taps away at some buttons, his monotone voice…