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Phase 3 · Jun 2026
Phase 3: Cognition
From Neurons to Cooperation
Core Question
What does the brain actually do?
/// Reading List
Descartes' Error (Antonio Damasio)
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition (Michael Tomasello)
/// Interactive Works 11
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Interactive Experience Hebbian Playground
Why can you sing a song you've practiced a hundred times without looking at the lyrics?
Canvas 2D Vanilla TS Hebbian Network
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Interactive Experience Body Map
Why is the "you" in your brain's map giant-handed and tiny-backed?
Canvas 2D Somatosensory Cortex Vanilla TS
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Perception Experiment Bouba-Kiki Effect
Round sounds for round shapes — does your brain agree?
Canvas 2D Vanilla TS localStorage
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Interactive Experience Octopus Mind
If your arms could think independently, would you still be "you"?
Canvas 2D Vanilla TS Neural Visualization
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Interactive Experience Unconscious Pilot
How much of what you see right now is fabricated by your brain?
Canvas 2D Vanilla TS localStorage
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Cognitive Experiment System One Trap
How does a random number change your answer?
Canvas Vanilla TS localStorage
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Interactive Experience Loss Aversion
Why does losing $100 hurt 2.25× more than gaining $100 feels good?
Canvas 2D Prospect Theory Vanilla TS
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Interactive Experience Ant Trail
No single ant knows the path — who finds it?
Canvas 2D ACO Vanilla TS
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Interactive Experience Firefly Sync
How do two thousand fireflies agree to flash at exactly the same time?
Canvas 2D Kuramoto Model Vanilla TS
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Interactive Experience Cultural Ratchet
Why did a 4,000-person island forget how to sew?
Canvas 2D Agent Simulation Vanilla TS
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Interactive Experience Moral Elephant
Why do you feel "this is wrong" but can't explain why?
Canvas 2D Moral Foundations Vanilla TS