Very sad to hear the news this morning that Jim Rutt died on May 27, 2026. Official announcement: He was a big character and someone deeply involved with complexity, a Boomer Uncle or Grand-uncle p…

Most people favor one hand, and that hand tends to be the better one at writing, at throwing, at managing chopsticks. The long-standing view is that the dominant hand is “born” more capable, its skill...

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

Humans are particularly good at copying novel and meaningless gestures. The mechanistic and anatomical basis for this specialized imitation ability remains largely unknown. One idea is that imitation ...

Interactions with our environment require curved movements that depend not only on the final position of the hand but also on the path used to achieve it. Current studies in motor control, however, la...

Mastering any new skill requires extensive practice, but the computational principles underlying this learning are not clearly understood. Existing theories of motor learning can explain short-term ad...

Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers

A group of neuroscientists and philosophers discuss the use and misuse of the term “representation” across the cognitive sciences.

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