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Licht op het donker
Recent zijn een aantal boeken en publicaties verschenen en onder de aandacht gekomen, die licht gaven op het donkere dat gebeurd was. Enkele zijn samengevat in een eigen pagina:
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Geweld herkennen
“Geweld herkennen in complexe scheiding. Inkijken bij het geïnstrumentaliseerde kind“ Manipulatie en controle bij echtscheidingen: “Dit zadelt kinderen op met levenslang trauma” Valerie Swennen, GVA – 19 januari 2026 “Geweld in scheidingen blijft vaak verborgen, maar de gevolgen zijn diep en blijvend.”Dit boek nodigt uit om met andere ogen te kijken naar conflict, communicatie en…
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Morele revolutie
“Morele revolutie, Rutger Bregman“ De westerse wereld verkeert in een morele crisis. Niet de meest bekwame, maar de meest schaamteloze leiders komen aan de macht. In zijn BBC Reith Lectures — hier in ongecensureerde vorm — brengt Rutger Bregman zijn hele oeuvre samen in een pleidooi voor een morele revolutie. Bregman is geen vrije denker,…
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D: The Dark Factor of Personality
“The Dark Factor of Personality” A unified theory of aversive personality Ethically, morally, and socially questionable behavior is part of everyday life and instances of ruthless, selfish, unscrupulous, or even downright evil behavior can easily be found across history and cultures. Psychologists sometimes use the umbrella term “dark traits” to subsume personality traits that are…
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The Science of Revenge
“The Science of Revenge, James Kimmel Jr.” In this definitive book on revenge, James Kimmel, Jr., JD, exposes the unseen neurobiological cause of violence—the compulsive desire for retribution—and offers a profound new understanding of human behavior and breakthrough framework for making our lives and communities safer. Yale violence researcher and psychiatry lecturer James Kimmel, Jr.,…
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Poisonous People
“Leanne ten Brinke: Poisonous People” In Poisonous People, award-winning psychologist Dr. Leanneten Brinke offers a brilliant new perspective on darkpersonalities. Weaving together personal stories andpathbreaking research, she depicts a surprising reality: a small portion of the population causes most of the world’s suffering. People with psychopathic and related personalitytraits commit a disproportionate amount of crime,…
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Switching, fast and slow
“Switching, fast and slow: Deciphering the dynamics of memory search, its brain connectivity patterns, and its role in creativity “ Creative ideas emerge from the process of searching and combining concepts in memory, involving both associative and controlled mechanisms. How these processes unfold during memory search and relate to creativity remains unclear. We explored the neurocognitive…
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Harmony in the brain
“Harmony in the brain: A narrative review on the shared neural substrates of emotion regulation and creativity” The contribution of creativity in overall well-being through regulating emotions has sparkled research interest in employing artistic interventions recently for the improvement of mental health. Although the behavioural links between emotion regulation and creativity have been established, the neural networks reflecting…
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One day
One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this. Omar El Akkad
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Incompleteness and Computability
Incompleteness and Computability, An Open Introduction to Gödel’s Theorems is “Remixed by Richard Zach”. It is a textbook on Gödel’s incompleteness theorems and computability theory, developed for Calgary’s Logic III course, based on the Open Logic Project. The book covers recursive function theory, arithmetization of syntax, the first and second incompleteness theorem, models of arithmetic,…
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Fast walkers have higher IQ and larger brains than slow walkers.
These findings are from a 5-decade cohort study of 904 participants in New Zealand published in @JAMANetworkOpen which tested the hypothesis that slow gait speed reflects accelerated biological aging at midlife. Slow gait was associated with multiple indices of compromised structural brain integrity, including smaller total brain volume, global cortical thinning, and reduced total surface…
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AI Resources – A Worry
ChatGPT is the first non-human addition to the list of people who shaped science… But also we have a worry related to this fact, as told in the (Dec.19,2023) Quote of the day “What worries me is we don’t have the resources to make sure that academic AI continues to be a centre of gravity.…
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Wicked7 – looking for “Regenerative” solution
12 jul 2022, TedX@Athens. Christian Sarkar makes bold statements: Globalization has failed. Income inequality has exploded. COVID hasn’t disappeared yet. And War is at the gate. What can be done in your neighborhood, in your city? We learn the lessons of regeneration from Palermo, Sicily – and the (website and) book by Christian Sarkar, Philip…
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The Physics of Survival
Please enjoy the fascinating discussion of the free energy principle with Dr. Maxwell Ramstead, a leading thinker exploring the intersection of math, physics, and philosophy and Director of Research at VERSES. The 2 hour discussion includes great details on FEP. The FEP was proposed by renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston, this principle offers a unifying theory…
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Creativity in Motion
Some publications related to this topic: Embodiment and Human Development It is becoming increasingly accepted that the study of cognitive, social, and emotional processes must account for the embodiment of these processes in living, acting people. Within cognitive science, how bodily factors play a role in mental life is often considered through the lens of…
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Cognitive Computational Neuroscience
Cognitive science has developed computational models that decompose cognition into functional components. Computational neuroscience has modeled how interacting neurons can implement elementary components of cognition. It is time to assemble the pieces of the puzzle of brain computation and to better integrate these separate disciplines. Modern technologies enable us to measure and manipulate brain activity…
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Beslissen: FEP, AI, Bayes
“We sample the world to ensure our predictions become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Karl Friston De beslissingswetenschappen en neurowetenschappen werden recent verrijkt door het principe van vrije energie (Free Energy Principle / FEP) van Karl Friston. FEP is misschien wel het meest allesomvattende idee sinds de theorie van natuurlijke selectie van Charles Darwin. Samenvattend is het…
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Commons
Garett Hardin 1 had – volgens velen – het laatste woord over de commons in zijn essay uit 1968, “The Tragedy of the Commons” 2.Aan de hand van het voorbeeld van grazende koeien betoogde hij dat iedereen die zijn eigen belang nastreeft altijd zou leiden tot overexploitatie van de gedeelde hulpbron. Elke winst die we…
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