8+ hour, 48+ min ago  (301+ words) Posted February 23, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Diagnosing serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia can take up to 10 years after the first episode. As one can imagine, this can have very negative repercussions. Catching psychosis early on helps create a better prognosis....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (161+ words) Posted January 10, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley This "training" didn't occur randomly. Human cognition emerged within a specific constraint regime, one that was shaped over time. Stripped to its essentials, those constraints look like this. Taken together, these constraints forced human…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (526+ words) Posted January 6, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Intention is not a single mental act. It emerges from the continuous interaction of four inner dimensions: aspiration, emotion, thought, and sensation. Psychological science has studied each of these extensively, though rarely together. In…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (383+ words) Posted October 16, 2025 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk In a recent post, I presented this divide in what I call the Cognitive Configuration Space. Humans occupy the upper-left'symbolic, autobiographical, and continuous through time. LLMs reside in the lower-right'pattern-based, stateless, and distributed across…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (422+ words) Updated August 3, 2025 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan First off, this isn't a criticism, but my analysis of how humans cope with uncertainty. Especially in fields where clarity is elusive and perfection is unrealistic. We can see this anywhere performance is expected…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (412+ words) Posted July 24, 2025 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma At first, calling it a "hallucination" makes it seem like the AI just had a weird moment. Oops, no harm done. But what if that made-up information shows up in a doctor's advice? Or…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (510+ words) Posted July 10, 2025 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano Dr. Karl Friston is a distinguished computational psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and pioneer of modern neuroimaging and, now, AI. He is a leading expert on intelligence, natural as well as artificial. I have followed his…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (204+ words) Posted July 4, 2025 | Reviewed by Pam Dailey "Here we report an integrated flexible ultrasound-induced wireless implantable stimulator combined with a pain detection and management system for personalized chronic pain management," reported corresponding co-authors Laiming Jiang, Jun Chen, and Qifa Zhou in…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (775+ words) Despite unprecedented digital connection, we're facing a loneliness epidemic. Real intimacy, not algorithmic comfort, is the key to our health, humanity, and future. Posted May 18, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader We're living in a moment of unprecedented paradox. While technology promises…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (979+ words) Posted February 25, 2025 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting smarter, faster, and more integrated into our daily lives. It can mimic human conversation, diagnose diseases, generate art, and even pass professional exams. AI-powered assistants, chatbots, and agents will…...