Nice to see progress in deep brain stimulation to take into account the local neural activity! But I think to properly generalize this technology we need a theory of what are the precise activity signatures of the mind at work. nature.com/articles/d4158…

I’ve also noticed that Grok 4 is rocking it at the moment, at least when it comes to science brainstorming.

Wow! A new tool for complexity science!

It’s fascinating to hear how Hassabis was a believer in the “action in perception” approach of enactive / embodied cognition, but all the AI breakthroughs using passive, disembodied learning approaches changed his mind. What other key ideas about the mind will be overturned?

New paper out! 🥳 Thanks to Mark M. James for the nice collaboration. 🙏 Q: If we are our brain, why is it so hard to act on our intentions? A: Because we are a “we” - a collective embodied system; hence changing behavior is about multi-scale alignment. intellectica.org/en/4e-cognitio…

What can embodied cognitive science tell us about personal change? I sat down with Mark M. James to reflect on links between the wayshaping framework and irruption theory. Can they tell us how to scaffold across the intention-action gap? youtu.be/OJMIKztpvdM?si… via YouTube

Had the opportunity to rekindle my love for Jomon pottery at Chatan Museum! 🤗 Many animals make tools. But those straight lines, those sharp zigzags, proclaim the uniquely human mind in action! No purely natural process leaves such abstract traces.

As AI breakthroughs keep up the pace, it might be a good time to start rethinking what is the basis of “understanding”. Some initial thoughts here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

Good news! 🎉🥳 We've received funding for the next installment of the International Conference on Embodied Cognitive Science (ECogS 2026) at OIST. Theme: Embodied cognition and AI Dates: Nov. 9-13, 2026 Save the dates! We look forward to hosting a week of deep discussions. 🤗

Loving Tim Maudlin’s sense of humor on the topic of alien intelligence 🤣 “Think of all the millions of species of dinosaurs 🦕, none of them could even make a hammer” 🔨 youtu.be/3riyyEmWwoY?si… via YouTube

📌 We lay the groundwork for a generative neurophenomenology: → integrating first-person experiential data (e.g. micro-phenomenology) at dyadic level → with third-person data at the interpersonal, physiological level → formalized with modern computational frameworks (2/3)