Exploring the Impact of Environment on Behavior and Cognition

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This chapter delves into an experiment comparing rat behavior in traditional lab cages to a more stimulating environment called rat park, revealing how social isolation can impact addiction. The conversation expands to explore the effects of environmental factors on mental well-being, the concept of embodiment, and the distinction between pragmatic and epistemic actions.

Karl Fast is an independent scholar, information architect, and futurist. He's the co-author of Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding. This is the second half of a two-part conversation about interaction and embodiment. If you haven't done so already, please listen to part 1 before listening to this episode.

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@karlfast on Twitter
Karl Fast on LinkedIn
Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson and Karl Fast
Bruce Alexander
The Rat Park experiments
Bill Verplank's diagram of interaction
Epigenetics
About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design, 4th Ed by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, avid Cronin, and Christopher Noessel
Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought by Barbara Tversky
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian Christian (Bonus: Jorge's book notes)
The paperclip maximizer problem
Punctuated equilibrium

Disclosure: I received Karl’s book for free as a previous Rosenfeld Media/Two Waves author.

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