Author Archives: James Cross

The Hidden Spring

I’ve been following the views of Mark Solms for a while. Much of my original interest was in his views on psychoanalysis and Freud, especially aspects of Freudian theory for which evidence in neuroscience has gradually accumulated. His book The … Continue reading →

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Spontaneous Electrical Low-frequency Oscillations (SELFOs)

Phys.org has a great overview of two issues from Royal Society Publishing on the origins of nervous systems. One great thing about the issues is it seems so far at least that almost every article in the two issues seems … Continue reading →

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Feeling Neurons?

A recent post on panpsychism in relation to a book review and a comment by Travis R. has me thinking about some things. One thing is whether we are fundamentally conflating two related but somewhat distinct concepts in discussions of … Continue reading →

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