Enjoying this, decades after first encountering de Waal via his excellent book on bonobos. The focus is still on primates, but he switches to birds, cetaceans, dogs, cephalopods, rats, etc. as appropriate

#books #CognitiveScience #zoology #AnimalBehavior #FransDeWaal #primatology

In complex litigation, Pattern Recognition is the load-bearing cognitive dimension that determines whether a team identifies the narrative that wins or the narrative that loses.

It’s not just about speed; it’s about the ability to build predictive frameworks that spot anomalies in document productions and transcripts before they become liabilities. Professional cognitive profiling allows firms to staff for 'Sentinels.'

#LegalTech #PatternRecognition #CognitiveScience https://blog.dopa.buzz/morphic-fit-legal-dimension-spotlight-2/

Talk: “Cognitive Foundations of Geometry” (Véronique Izard)

As part of the IHPST’s Séminaire PhilSciCog at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Véronique Izard will talk about “Cognitive Foundations of Geometry” on March 26, 2026, from 02:00–03:30 (UTC). The hybrid session can be accessed via Zoom (Meeting ID: 950 6108 6376, Code: 535047). The abstract reads:

From the first months of life, young children can perceive numeric quantities and perform additive or multiplicative operations on quantities. These abilities support the acquisition of number concepts later in life, and have been proposed to enable humans’ arithmetic cognition. What about geometry, another major branch of mathematics? In this talk, I will present two recent studies assessing the scope and the limits of human geometric intuition. The first study focused on Euclidean geometry, and found that children and adults encode a rich repertoire of geometric properties, at several levels of abstraction. The second study probed intuitions for non-Euclidean geometry and revealed the existence of a pervasive Euclidean bias in adults, identifying limits to the flexibility of human geometric intuition.

Call: “Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory”

Organized by Andrew Sepielli, the “Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory” will take place at the University of Toronto from November 7 to 8, 2026.

Submissions for contributions can be submitted until July 1, 2026. The call reads:

The workshop aims to bring together philosophers, psychologists, and legal scholars working on questions about the relationship between empirical research on moral cognition and the foundations of moral theory. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary discussion about how empirical work in fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory bears on moral judgment and the evaluation of moral beliefs.

Invited speakers include:

• Paul Bloom (Psychology, University of Toronto / Yale University)
• Joshua Knobe (Philosophy and Psychology, Yale University)
• Liane Young (Psychology, Boston College)
• Roseanna Sommers (Law and Psychology, University of Michigan)
• Brendan de Kenessey (Philosophy, University of Toronto)

We invite submissions addressing topics at the intersection of empirical research and moral theory. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

• experimental philosophy
• the psychology of moral cognition
• causal cognition and moral judgment
• the neuroscience of moral judgment
• evolutionary approaches to morality
• empirical work bearing on normative ethics or metaethics
• methodological questions about the role of empirical research in moral theory
• debunking arguments and related challenges to moral belief

Five contributed papers will be selected. Contributed talks will consist of a 45-minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of discussion. The workshop is designed to be discussion-focused, with substantial time devoted to questions and conversation about each paper.

We welcome submissions from scholars in philosophy, psychology, law, and related disciplines. Submissions from early-career scholars are especially encouraged.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit an abstract of 750–1000 words, along with a brief CV, to: [email protected] 

Submissions should not be anonymized.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: July 1, 2026

Notification of decisions: August 1, 2026

Limited support for travel and accommodation may be available.

Questions about the workshop may be directed to the conference organizer, Andrew Sepielli (Philosophy, University of Toronto), at: [email protected]

MORPHIC CORE: The right archetype doesn’t just fill a seat; it completes a cognitive circuit, ensuring crew synchronization under life-safety pressure.

By decoding cognitive dimensions like Adaptive Reasoning and Load Tolerance, Morphic Fit helps airlines move beyond resumes to predict how pilots handle compounding irregularities. A recent case study showed a 34% drop in operational friction.

#Aviation #CognitiveScience #Psychology #SafetyCritical #MorphicFit #PilotLife

True growth is not about becoming someone new, it’s about upgrading the cognitive firmware of who you already are.

We often chase "skill accumulation" when we should be focusing on "architectural expansion." By understanding your actual Cognitive Load Tolerance and core archetype (Catalyst, Sentinel, etc.), you can build a development pathway that actually sticks. Stop chasing a better version of someone else’s blueprint.

#PersonalGrowth #CognitiveScience #Leadership #TechCulture

True growth is not about becoming someone new, it’s about upgrading the cognitive firmware of who you already are.

We often chase "skill accumulation" when we should be focusing on "architectural expansion." By understanding your actual Cognitive Load Tolerance and core archetype (Catalyst, Sentinel, etc.), you can build a development pathway that actually sticks. Stop chasing a better version of someone else’s blueprint.

#PersonalGrowth #CognitiveScience #Leadership #TechCulture

Morphic Fit translates cognitive potential into actionable onboarding strategy, reducing time-to-productivity in complex service environments.

Instead of generic HR checklists, we use Cognitive Heat Maps to reveal how a hire's innate wiring matches the specific "Demand Signature" of their role. This allows firms to assign high-impact work from day one and reduce onboarding friction by up to 34%.

#ProfessionalServices #HRtech #CognitiveScience #Onboarding #Management #MorphicFit