Hidden Differences Subjective Experience and the (Dis)unity of Human Cognition

From Santa Fe Institute

Gary Lupyan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Many differences among people are easy to observe. Others, such as those concerning the quality of one s subjective experiences, tend to remain hidden. As a result, we often tend to underestimate them, assuming that the subjective experiences of others mirror our own. For example, people who lack visual imagery, tend to assume that using the 'mind's eye' is just a figure of speech. I will give a brief overview of the search for these hidden differ...