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Back to SearchInterlude XXXV - The Invisible Signal: Smell, Chemistry, and the Social Brain
Episode 64
Before language. Before gesture. Before touch.
There was chemistry.
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey turns toward th…
6 months, 1 week ago
Interlude XXXIV - The Social Skin: Touch, Safety, and the Nervous System
Episode 63
Touch is the oldest sense, the first language learned, and the last to fade. Long before speech, before gesture, before conscious memory, the skin wa…
6 months, 1 week ago
Interlude XXXIII - The Geometry of Intimacy: Space, Distance, and the Social Nervous System
Episode 62
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines one of the most overlooked dimensions of human consciousness: space itself.…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Interlude XXXII - Faces That Speak: Microexpression and the Preconscious Mind
Episode 61
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com turns our attention to one of the most revealing instruments of…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Interlude XXXI - The Speaking Body: Gesture Before Language
Episode 60
Before words shaped meaning, the human body was already speaking.
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines the deep …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Brownell Landrum
Episode 59
In this episode of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey is joined by author and contemplative thinker Brownell Landrum, whose work explores th…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Interlude XXX – Neural Semantics: How Language Rewrites the Brain
Episode 58
In this concluding interlude of the Language Arc, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines how language reshapes the brain itself. Drawing on contemporary neuros…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Interlude XXIX - The Social Tongue: Language as Alignment and Power
Episode 57
In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey continues the Language Arc by examining one of the most consequential ideas in cognitive science, philosophy, …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Interlude XXVIII - Metaphor as Neural Bridge: How Meaning Crosses from Body to Mind
Episode 56
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey continues the Language Arc by examining how language does not merely describe realit…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Interlude XXVII - Language as World-Maker: How Words Shape Reality
Episode 55
Language does not merely describe reality - it actively constructs it.
In Interlude XXVII of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupb…
6 months, 4 weeks ago