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Professor (UPenn). Brain researcher. Author (nonfiction). Advocate for community based progress & collective intelligence. Wrapping up a book & sharing fact checking gems.

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The Cooperative Neuron: Cellular Foundations of Mental Life by William Phillips, 2023

The Cooperative Neuron is part of a revolution that is occurring in the sciences of brain and mind. It explores the new field of cellular psychology, a field built upon the recent discovery that many neurons in the brain cooperate to seek agreement in deciding what's relevant in the current context.

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This cooperative context-sensitivity provides the cellular foundations for knowledge, doubt, imagination, self-development, and the search for purpose in life. This emerging field has far-reaching and fundamental implications for psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry, neurology, and the philosophy of mind. In a clear and accessible style, the book explains the neuroscience to psychologists, the psychology to neuroscientists, and both to philosophers, students of the behavioral and brain sciences, and to anyone intrigued by the enduring mystery of how brains can be minds. Review "A remarkable condensation of a lifetime of cutting-edge neuroscience research. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in how neurons make brains and brains make minds - in sickness and in health!" -- David Nutt, Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, Imperial College London, and author of many papers and several books on the effects of drugs on mind and brain and their implications for social policy. About the Author William Phillips, Professor Emeritus, University of Stirling
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    • NicoleCRust ,
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    Intriguing new metaphor, for sure. I’ll be curious to see if it sticks.

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    How do you feel when you approach the end of that you have enjoyed ?

    I am nearing the end of a seven hundred and forty seven page . Just forty five pages to go. I am experiencing mixed emotions as I have enjoyed the work, it increased my knowledge and widened my intellectual horizon; however, I will be glad when the book is finished.

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    NicoleCRust ,
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    Yes, this! Also for series. The superposition of ready for it to end but also not looking forward to the intellectual energy required to find and invest in the next one. My happiest book moments are those middle pages - invested but not yet fatigued.

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    So I just learnt that J Physiol requires figures to be made with Biorender (https://www.biorender.com/), a VC backed subscription SaaS extend and extinguish of scientists drawing pictures!

    Is this a thing now!? Complete privatisation of the publication workflow!?

    Am I the only one enraged by this!? Pictures? We could have just made our own shared repository of useful graphics. Our own open source software. Uggghhh!

    NicoleCRust ,
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    That is very strange!! I looked, and there is a caveat: “ Authors are expected to use this service or provide figures of equally high quality.”

    Still, bizarre!

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