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Wisdom in time: Advancing dynamic models of wisdom, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, and perspective-taking

Grossmann, I., Smith, J. A., Wegenschimmel, N., Diep, P., & Dorfman, A. 2025. Wisdom in time: Advancing dynamic models of wisdom, intell...

Igor Grossmann Igor Grossmann

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Wisdom reconsidered: A dynamic network account of metacognition and complex thought

Recommended Citation Smith, J. A., Dorfman, A., Wegenschimmel, N., & Grossmann, I. (2025). Wisdom reconsidered: A dynamic network accoun...

Igor Grossmann Igor Grossmann

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Cannon’s cats and Freud’s dream metaphor insight carry the keys to much human thought (and action)

Sigmund Freud in 1899, reported that the dream metaphor often provides the key to understanding the psychological origin of emotional distress (‘neurosis’), and Walter Cannon in 1915 elucidated the body’s response to emotional stress in cats, called the ‘fight or flight response’.

Raphael (Ray) Melmed Raphael (Ray) Melmed

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The Porcupine is a Monkey

The aim of the work I would undertake while at Stellenbosch would be to complete the argument of a new book, whose title is The Porcupine is a Monkey.

Iain McGilchrist Iain McGilchrist
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