Psychology & Psychiatry
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An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks: seven neurological case studies exploring autism, perception, Tourette's, and the adaptive possibilities of atypical minds.
Recommended Articles
What Happened to Psychopathology?
S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH, and Mark L. Ruffalo, MSW, DPsa, arguing that American psychiatry has shifted from phenomenology to DSM criteria, sacrificing diagnostic validity for reliability, and emphasizing the need to return to psychopathology's roots.
Consciousness May Require a New Kind of Computation
Neuroscience News, exploring computational theories of consciousness and their implications for AI.
Psychopathia Machinalis: A Nosological Framework for Understanding Pathologies in Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Nell Watson and Ali Hessami: a conceptual framework for synthetic nosology within machine psychology, categorizing 32 maladaptive AI behaviors across seven domains.
Exploring the effects of microdosing on health behaviour change
Prochazkova et al., Neuropharmacology (2026): mixed-method study investigating self-reported health behavior changes and psychological mechanisms associated with psychedelic microdosing.
Connectome-based symptom mapping and in silico related gene expression in children with autism and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Segura et al., Molecular Psychiatry (2026): transdiagnostic study linking autism symptom severity across autism and ADHD diagnoses to shared functional connectivity patterns and related gene-expression signatures.
Recommended Books
Jung: A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Stevens: a lucid introduction to Jungian psychology, explaining the collective unconscious, archetypes, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individualization of the Self.