Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
cognition can be seen as a multiscale web of dynamic information processing distributed across a vast array of complex cellular (e.g., neuronal, immune, and others) and network systems, operating across the entire body, and not just in the brain.
The brain is not mental! coupling neuronal and immune cellular processing in human organisms
cognition and
Ultimately, shifting the focus from neural to cellular processing invites us to reconsider the received idea that cognitive processes can be linked solely to the neural system, and that the brain is somehow the natural home of mental states.
our capacity for growth and creativity is not lost with a diagnosis of dementia.
Isabel Sutton • Dementia is not a death. For some, it marks a new beginning | Psyche Ideas
consciousness and conferencing
AI and consciousness
Just because the computations are happening under the hood and they're vast and complex, it doesn't mean they're guaranteed to be correct. Intuition is quite often wrong or makes a decision based on things that you wouldn't feel proud of doing if you had access to it.
intuition and
The science of intersubjectivity, with its understanding of feelings, embodiment, and companionship, is needed more today than it ever has been. With increasing attention to artificial intelligence and artificial worlds generated through the medium of technology, it is important to remind ourselves of the psychological and biological nature of how... See more
Editorial: Intersubjectivity: recent advances in theory, research, and practice
Could gaming enhance brain plasticity and executive functions (EFs) by fostering creativity? We identify vital benefits from further research exploring the relationship between games, brain plasticity, and creativity.
Christiane Ganter-Argast • (PDF) The light side of gaming: creativity and brain plasticity
Gaming and
In other words, rather than trying to please humans, Scientist AI could be designed to prioritize honesty.
A Potential Path to Safer AI Development
a polyvagal futures literacy offers foresight practitioners and learners a powerful framework for meeting the future with agency, hope, and inner resourcefulness in the face of its complexity.
Kenneth Wee • Exploring a Polyvagal Futures Literacy * Journal of Futures Studies
Telling stories is a process of mattering. Who matters? When we tell stories, we make ethical choices about who to bring in and who to leave out. We cannot bring in all of the voices. The voices themselves only come to exist once we recognize them. The in-between power increases the probability that we notice the voices, listen to the voices and... See more
New stories of power that matter
mattering and narratives