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Rix
@rixblog.bsky.social
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I’m a philosopher with a PhD in Psychobiology, writing a blog with phenomenological descriptions of perceptual, cognitive, and affective experiences: https://phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/
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Rix @rixblog.bsky.social · Apr 24
An investigation of emotions from a first-person perspective
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/inve...
Emotions
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
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I don't understand how this paper has under 200 citations. The implications are critical for our understanding of cross modal integration. This should be a whole area of research, exploring the time course, load effects, etc. There's a whole series of careers lined up like tee balls here.
 Brad Wyble @bwyble.bsky.social · Sep 2
@hankgreen.bsky.social Did you know that you can blink your ears? This might be a good video:

Puel, J. L., Bonfils, P., & Pujol, R. (1988). Selective attention modifies the active micromechanical properties of the cochlea. Brain research, 447(2), 380-383.
September 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Gigil (so cute)
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
New Editorial Team at Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Daily Nous
After serving for over two decades, Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis) and Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen) have stepped down as co-editors-in-chief of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Scienc...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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How do you feel that something is familiar? #familiarity #phenomenology #microphenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/fami...
Familiarity
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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A Description of the Subjective Experience of Joy
#emotions #phenomenology #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/joy....
Joy
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Do you have any suggestions for perceptual, cognitive, or affective experiences I could explore on my blog of phenomenological descriptions? I invite you to visit the blog and share your suggestions in the comments: phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
#phenomenology #emotions #congnition
May 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Extending Minds with Generative AI - Nature Communications
As human-AI collaborations become the norm, we should remind ourselves that it is our basic nature to build hybrid thinking systems – ones that fluidly incorporate non-biological resources. Recognizin...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Experience of Flow
#phenomenology #flow #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/flow...
Flow
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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If you'd like to share descriptions of your own phenomenological experiences on topics from my blog, you’re welcome to leave them in the comments. You’re also invited to explore the descriptions I’ve been publishing.
Link: phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Complex Emotions: A Micro-Phenomenological Analysis
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/comp...
Complex Emotions
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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A Micro-phenomenology of Surprise!
#surprise #emotion #micro-phenomenology
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/surp...
Surprise!
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Phenomenological Experiences of Optical Illusions
#phenomenology #opticalillusions #visualperception
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/visu...
Visual Perception
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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A Phenomenology of Creativity
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/04/crea...
Creativity
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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milenaivanova.bsky.social
Excited to see more #PhilSci scholars employing diverse methodologies in their work. To that end, in our paper we used qualitative data analysis to understand the role of surprise in science.

#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Surprise in Science: A qualitative study - Erkenntnis
A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...
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May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Anger: A Phenomenological Description
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Anger
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Phenomenology of Sadness
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/sadn...
Sadness
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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A putative neural correlate of mood!

One big (scandalous?) idea, simple analyses, and the STRONGEST brain/behavior correlation I've EVER seen (which is shocking, given that it's mood).

Work with: You-Ping Yang, @catrinahacker.bsky.social and Veit Stuphorn.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The representation of mood in primate anterior insular cortex
Understanding how the brain reflects and shapes mood requires resolving the disconnect between behavioral measures of mood that can only be made in humans (typically based on subjective reports of hap...
www.biorxiv.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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How do you feel fear?
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/fear...
Fear
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
rixblog.bsky.social
An investigation of emotions from a first-person perspective
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/inve...
Emotions
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A phenomenological description of the act of paying attention.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com/2025/03/atte...
Attention
Phenomenological descriptions about perceptual, cognitive, and affective processes, such as visual perception, attention, and emotions, among others.
phenomenologicaldescriptions.blogspot.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM