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American Sign Language: The Visual-Spatial Mind
American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete visual-spatial language with autonomous grammar, phonology, and syntax,...
# Cognitive Science
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Altered State of Consciousness: Mind Beyond Norms
An altered state of consciousness (ASC) is a profound shift in mental functioning, perception, and...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Allen Newell – 1927 1992
A comprehensive academic analysis of the life, theories, and monumental contributions of Allen Newell (1927–1992)...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Theorists
Allan Paivio – 1925 2016
A comprehensive academic examination of Allan Paivio (1925–2016), his Dual Coding Theory, empirical research on...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Agent: Architecture of Volition and Action
An agent is an entity endowed with volition, intentionality, and causal efficacy capable of self-directed...
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Aesthetic Appreciation: The Psychology of Beauty
Aesthetic appreciation is the cognitive and affective evaluation of an object's sensory and formal qualities....
October 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Activation: The Engine of Mind and Behavior
Activation is a foundational psychological construct encompassing physiological arousal, cognitive spreading excitation, and structured behavioral...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Act Psychology: Mind as Mental Action
Act psychology, founded by Franz Brentano, posits that mental phenomena are defined by dynamic intentional...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Abstraction: The Architecture of Thought
Explore the epistemological, cognitive, mathematical, and linguistic dimensions of abstraction, the core cognitive process shaping...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Absence: The Architecture of Being and Non-Being
An exhaustive academic analysis of the concept of absence, tracing its metaphysical, phenomenological, psychoanalytic, semiotic,...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Ablation: Mapping Function Through Loss
Ablation is the systematic removal, silencing, or destruction of biological tissue or computational components to...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
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Abduction: Logic of Discovery and Explanation
Abduction is the mode of logical inference that generates explanatory hypotheses from surprising empirical data,...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti