Jul 2026· The Neuroscientist· pp.
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This article examines the claim that Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam contains an anatomical depiction of the human brain. By integrating semiotic theory and neuropsychology, it explores how meaning in visual art emerges through the interaction between artistic form and perceptual processes. While semiotics emphasizes that symbols gain meaning through interpretation rather than fixed reference, neuropsychology shows that perception is constructive, shaped by predictive processing, pattern recognition, and phenomena such as pareidolia. The analysis suggests that the hidden brain may reflect either intentional symbolic design or the observer's cognitive tendency to impose structure on ambiguous imagery. Ultimately, the study argues that meaning arises relationally between artwork and viewer rather than residing exclusively in either.
This essay argues that the body-mind projected by lyric reading is modeled on neurodivergence but not acknowledged as such. The idealized kinesthesia of movement disorders abstracts from disability to anthropomorphize poetry’s antinormative or “stretched” language. Tourette’s syndrome, in particular, cannot ground a...
How does thought actually arise and develop? And what happens in the human mind even before logic and language come into play? Martina Feurer sketches a dynamic panorama of selected psychoanalytic theories of thought by bringing together the pioneering concepts of Freud, Winnicott, Aulagnier, Bion and Green. Central th...
The present paper addresses disorders of visual perception and recognition through the analysis of the classic neuropsychological case of Dr. P., as described by Oliver Sacks. Although the patient retains normal vision, intelligence, and language abilities, he exhibits a severe inability to recognize faces and objects,...
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The Octopus. Neurodiversity Entangled in Metaphors – and a Move Towards Worlds Other Than Human
The starting point of this article is the thematic connection between neurodiversity and biodiversity in studies that introduce the concept of neurodiversity into academic discourse and everyday thought. The octopus serves a...
