The Cognitations podcast

🎙️ EP #23 Is the drive to seek status a human universal? What are the ways in which humans seek status cross-culturally? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with anthropologist @chrisvonrueden.bsky.social youtu.be/7pDGe2bp3m4

🎙️ EP #22 How are religious beliefs distinct from ordinary factual beliefs? What is the cognitive architecture of such beliefs? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen youtu.be/pUUS8fAJfRg?...

Easter EP As AI agents get smarter, are we entering a golden age of hypercreativity? Or are we entering an age of homogenised culture where we all just recycle the same AI-generated ideas? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with @babeheim.bsky.social youtu.be/coQnyaEw50s

Some have long thought that humans are universally attracted to specific features: think of symmetrical faces. Are these really universal? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this and much more with @drboothroyd.bsky.social youtu.be/skwy9yKkytM

🎙️ EP #19 Think our ancestors lived in a state of "primitive communism"? New research reveals our deep past was far more complex than the "noble savage" myth suggests. @adigitaltanay.bsky.social & Jay explore this & much more with @manvir.bsky.social youtu.be/1BRZy9O665k?...

Thanks to support from @ehbea.bsky.social ( @rebeccasear.bsky.social , @abbeyepage.bsky.social & Pablo), we can now upload high quality video recordings, starting with this episode. If you like the episode and wish to support the podcast, do consider subscribing to our YouTube channel!!

🎙️ EP #17 Most of us struggle w/ work-life balance. Long before the existence of long commutes and busy calendars, our ancestors lived as hunter-gatherers (HGs). Do HGs have more free time? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social discusses this & much more with Mark Dyble tinyurl.com/y6hd8ur5 (1/2)

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #14 | @orbenamy.bsky.social recommends

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #12 | Jacob Beck recommends @kristinandrews.bsky.social 's book + some of his personal pop-science pieces like this one: www.scientificamerican.com/article/babi... Check out his personal website for more pop-science pieces

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #10 | @theresecollins.bsky.social recommends viewing some cool visual illusions (and illusion contests) and Moby Dick - we leave it to you to find out the link between cognitive science and Moby Dick www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/in... ; illusionoftheyear.com

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #8 | Camilla Scaff & Alejandrina Cristia recommend yet another podcast: soundcloud.com/radio-unahur... ; kotoboo.org/index.php/fr/

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #6 | @nancykanwisher.bsky.social recommends

Over the years, a lot of our guests have recommended various books and/or media relating to various aspects of cognitive science. A 🧵 EP #1 | @hugoreasoning.bsky.social recommends

EP #3 | Frédérique de Vignemont recommends

🎙️ EP #16 Two people can hear different things when listening to the same sound (see 🧵): how does our auditory system really work? Cindy & @mariusmercier.bsky.social discuss this and much more with Daniel Pressnitzer shorturl.at/w6Y0w

The Yanny/Laurel illusion has divided the internet (and the hosts). What do you hear? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_W...

🎙️ EP #15 How can methods from cognitive science provide new ways of investigating social media’s mental health effects? Does it offer new policy insights? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social discusses this and much more with @lukasgunschera.bsky.social & @georgiaturner.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4ayf4x5s 🧵

For those interested further in philosophical underpinnings of computational approaches, do check out our EP with @stepalminteri.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdf973zy

🎙️ EP #15 How can methods from cognitive science provide new ways of investigating social media’s mental health effects? Does it offer new policy insights? @adigitaltanay.bsky.social discusses this and much more with @lukasgunschera.bsky.social & @georgiaturner.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4ayf4x5s 🧵