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MIND — Neuroscience, Consciousness, and Psychology

The pattern in mind and behavior. 23 entries spanning established neuroscience, consciousness theories (MYSTERY_EXPLORATION), and psychological findings ranging from well-replicated to seriously contested.

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I. Neuroscience

1. Predictive Coding — The Brain Minimizes Surprise
2. Default Mode Network — The Brain at Rest Generates Narrative
3. Split-Brain and Left Hemisphere Interpreter — Confabulation in Neural Tissue
4. Mirror Neurons — Shared Coding for Self and Other
5. Neuroplasticity — The Brain Restructures to Match Actual Use
6. Natural Language fMRI — The Equator in Brain Activity

II. Consciousness

7. Integrated Information Theory — Phi as Structural Measure
8. Global Workspace Theory — Consciousness as Broadcasting
9. Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness — The Equator Needs Meta-Representation
10. Hard Problem of Consciousness — MYSTERY_EXPLORATION
11. Panpsychism — Consciousness as Fundamental Property
12. Illusionism — Defense Against Over-Interpreting the Equator
13. Joscha Bach on Consciousness — Consciousness as Computational Process
14. Kuhn’s Taxonomy of Consciousness Theories — Non-Adjudicative

III. Psychology

15. Conway’s Memory and the Self — Coherence Over Correspondence
16. System 1 and System 2 — Where the Properties Are at Risk
17. Cognitive Dissonance — The Felt Cost of Misalignment
18. Confirmation Bias — Honesty Violated at the Epistemic Strategy Level
19. Dunning-Kruger Effect — Humility Failure as Structural Deficit
20. Milgram’s Obedience — The Knowledge-Action Gap Under Authority
21. Stanford Prison Experiment — The Instrument Trap of Social Roles (with Criticism)
22. Asch Conformity — Social Fabrication of False Consensus
23. Terror Management Theory — Why Fabrication Persists

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24. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy — Realigning Distorted Thoughts with Reality