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Just finished reading a(nother) fascinating article by Marco Giancotti.

"Without a vast, detailed replica of the world encoded as models inside your body, you wouldn't survive one day.”

https://aethermug.com/posts/embedded-prophesy-devices

Slow amplitude fluctuations in sounds, critical for #SpeechRecognition, seem poorly represented in the #brainstem. This study shows that overlooked intricacies of #SpikeTiming represent these fluctuations, reconciling low-level neural processing with #perception @plosbiology.org 🧪 https://plos.io/3FJ4adI

A regular spiking neuron (sustained chopper) that exhibits accurate identification of envelope frequency from its spike trains. Top left: peristimulus time histogram of the response to a pure tone at the characteristic frequency of the neuron. Bottom left: Spike train classifier decisions represented as a confusion matrix. Warm colors along the diagonal indicate a large proportion of individual spike trains were assigned to the correct modulation frequency. Right: Raster plots of the responses to amplitude-modulated tones, for several modulation frequencies (stimulus waveforms displayed above each panel). The number of spikes in each stimulus period decreases as the modulation frequency is increased.

Our colleague Cedric Boeckx picked up this piece by Sam Mehr 'on the special(ized) character of human auditory perception underlying musicality; contains very good points re: cross-species (dis)analogies (e.g. why bird ‘song’ may be a misnomer)'

As Mehr puts it: fundamental specializations are for music perception in humans, namely, the hierarchical processing of pitch and rhythm
or, how our minds turn vibrating air into music'

#musicality #evolution #perception #anthropology #cognition

https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1364-6613(25)00138-X

Painting on paper, 30 x 20 cm: Ambiguous impulses for your mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #analogArt #painting #rubberStamp #reliefPrinting #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #drawing #portrait #profile #brain #anatomy #neocortex #neurosciences #neurobiology #cognition #perception #emotion #emotion

📰 Word Embeddings Quantify 100 Years of Gender and Ethnic Stereotypes (A free, 33-page article from 2018)

Tags: #Life #AsianAmerica #Gender #Perception #ComputationalLinguistics
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/word-embeddings-quantify-stereotypes_garg-nikhil-et-al

“Perception, like clouds, is shaped more by the observer than the object. One person sees a horse galloping through the sky; another sees a face, a dragon, or nothing at all. The sky doesn’t change—the viewer does. And so it is with images. We do not see the world as it is; we see it as we have learned to see it. […]
Our visual understanding of the world is constructed, shaped by repetition, exposure, emotion, and education.”

more: https://kaptur.co/we-see-what-we-have-learned-to-see/
#neuroscience #perception #photography

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Rational,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76836…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #experience #perception #rationality #reality #subjectivity #truth

RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #05 – Le Drama et le Play to lose (feat. Volsung de 2d6+cool)

Le cinquième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.

Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Avec en invité Volsung du podcast 2d6+cool !

Au programme : l’actualité du podcast, une double discussion sur le drama dans le jeu de rôle et le « play to lose » si cher au coeur de notre invité ! On finira par des recos en lien avec le jeu de rôle et des gros bisous !

👉 L’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live ! Ne manquez pas le prochain rendez-vous : jeudi 26 Juin !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.

🎙️ Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !

Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon

Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com

Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/live/hh-gqrUDo68?feature=shared

https://jdracademy.fr/radio-campus-academy-05-le-drama-et-le-play-to-lose-feat-volsung-de-2d6cool/

#ActualPlay #ApocalypseWorld #blacksad #bluePrince #campus #collection #debats #discussions #drama #emissionLive #enDirect #gouTanabe #isekai #jdr #jeuDeRôle #lastOfUs #live #Lovecraft #maladie #masks #MonsterOfTheWeek #Monsterhearts #neuralnoise #nouvelle #OSR #PbtA #perception #playToLose #podcast #radio #reincarnatedAsASword #Riley #shieldHero #spidergro #stacklands #talk #talkShow #tchat #theBetween #Valkann #xFiles #YouTube #zombies

www.linkedin.com/posts/brooke... #SharedFacts #Perception #EmotionLogic

#neutron #fission #nuclear #en...

Some books you read. Others read you back. 📖✨

Returning to Atwood's Cat's Eye (again).

Every re-read reveals new layers about how institutions fail us, how #trauma shapes #perception, and how #art becomes #survival.

As someone who's lived through foster care, medical gaslighting, and academic #ableism, Elaine's sharp observations of power and complicity hit differently each time.

Literature as a mirror and a map.

#DisabilityLit #Atwood #TraumaInformed

Alt-text:
Paperback copy of Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" resting on layered vintage lace and patterned fabrics. The yellow book cover features two girls in summer dresses sitting close together, with "Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize" noted below the title.

Secondary Description:
Like an archaeological discovery, Atwood's Cat's Eye emerges from layers of intricate lace—delicate paisley spirals and floral motifs creating a textile palimpsest beneath the book's weathered spine. The cover's two girls, frozen in their childhood intimacy, seem to whisper secrets across the ornate fabrics that cradle them. One blonde, one brunette, they sit in eternal summer yellow, their small bodies pressed together in that particular closeness that precedes betrayal or transcendence.

The decorative patterns beneath—swirling paisleys like fossilised tears, geometric flowers blooming in black and white—create a mandala of memory, each thread a story within the story. The book rests here not merely as an object but as a portal; its Man Booker Prize notation is a quiet testament to the power of bearing witness. In this tableau, domestic beauty and literary weight converge, the delicate lacework beneath echoing the novel's intricate exploration of girlhood's sharp-edged beauty—all surfaces and hidden depths, patterns that conceal and reveal the truths we carry.

Returning to Atwood's Cat's Eye (again).

Every re-read reveals new layers about how institutions fail us, how #trauma shapes #perception, and how #art becomes #survival

As someone who's lived through foster care, medical #gaslighting, and academic #ableism, Elaine's sharp observations of power and complicity hit differently each time.

Literature as mirror and map.

#DisabilityLit #Atwood #TraumaInformed

ポイズン雷花の哲学その二
「［話しは気になる壱フレーズ聞いて、聞いたつもりになる物では無い。
　最初から最後まできちんと聞く物です。］」

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/naccdeeb95a8a

#poison #philosophy #conversation #hear #catches #eye #listen #carefully #end #cool #answer #question #happen #fact #simple #understand #incorrect #perception #information #time #situation #given #different #fake #disaster

Poison_Raika's Philosophy Party 2
"[A conversation is not something you hear one phrase that catches your eye and think you've heard it.
You should listen carefully from beginning to end.]"

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n981bfd809f5c

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#poison #philosophy #conversation #hear #catches #eye #listen #carefully #end #cool #answer #question #happen #fact #simple #understand #incorrect #perception #information #time #situation #given #different #fake #disaster

Філософія Poison_Raika Частина 2
「［Говорити—це не те, що, як ви думаєте, ви чули, слухаючи фразу, яка вас турбує].
　Це те, що ви слухаєте від початку до кінця. ］」

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n2be8c69ac09a

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#poison #philosophy #conversation #hear #catches #eye #listen #carefully #end #cool #answer #question #happen #fact #simple #understand #incorrect #perception #information #time #situation #given #different #fake #disaster

pagão（パゴン）
この単語はクリスト教徒で用いられる物です。
This word is used by Christians.

https://note.com/poison_raika/n/n271a7316b0d0

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#word #use #christians #discriminatory #term #derogatory #people #believe #other #religion #short #ideology #accept #have #may #idea #perception #incorrect #remains #strong #reality

It seems we can finally know if the purple you see is the same I see <<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCD2A_bhDTI>> Something to read later (the paper is open accessand the link is in her vid description). #sabine #hossenfelder #perception #qualia #human #nomxd #Review🐾

This is a great article on a study on cognition and the human brain [1]. The authors argue that the brain uses 20% of the human body's total energy. Much of this energy is not used for conscious attention but rather for unconscious "prediction" of the future and possible actions. This automated "prediction module" is one of the most interesting aspects of the human brain because it functions autonomously, outside of our conscious attention or willful influence. Very little is known about this "black box" in our heads that we use and rely on daily for so many tasks. I always find this fascinating. Understanding this module may be key to combating misinformation, manipulation, and fake news in the future.

[1]: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-much-energy-does-it-take-to-think-20250604/

#brain #cognition #science #perception #energy