Yohan J. John, PhD

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On my writer's journey (so far)

October 18, 2022

3QD, journal, metaphor, neuroscience, quora, therapy, writing

Some years ago, I began writing ‘serious’ longform essays on a variety of topics. Up until that point, my writing was aimed at a small group of blogger friends, most of whom I knew in real life. I had already begun dabbling with informative essays to supplement my usual output of diary entries, pop cultural…
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Perception is a creative act: On the connection between creativity and pattern recognition

September 27, 2015

analogy, cognitive science, creativity, metaphor, pattern recognition, quora, science

An answer I wrote to the Quora question Does the human brain work solely by pattern recognition?: Great question! Broadly speaking, the brain does two things: it processes ‘inputs’ from the world and from the body, and generates ‘outputs’ to the muscles and internal organs. Pattern recognition shows up most clearly during the processing of…
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Synesthesia — secret passageways in the mansion of memory?

July 21, 2013

memory, quora, synesthesia

This post is a slightly modified version of my answer to a Quora question: Is there a link between synesthetia and involuntary memory? This is a very interesting question. I can add some neuroscientific flesh to the skeleton you have already laid out. Involuntary memory seems to involve the ability for memories to be accessed…
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Keep talking, keep listening, keep trying On my writer's journey (so far)

On my writer's journey (so far)

Perception is a creative act: On the connection between creativity and pattern recognition

Synesthesia — secret passageways in the mansion of memory?

Keep talking, keep listening, keep trying
On my writer's journey (so far)