I use the term “common sense physiognomics” to refer to a shared common knowledge and perception of human physiognomy by ordinary people.4 In the frame-work of literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, we find an impressive number of references concerning the importance of the ...
Peripersonal space (PPS) is a dynamic multisensory representation of the space around the body, influenced by internal and external sensory information. The malleability of PPS boundaries, as evidenced by their expansion after tool use or modulation thro
1.3. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Place in a Long Line of Epidemics Impacting Humankind Widespread diseases have affected humankind on numerous occasions in the past. They marked historic periods, leading to deaths of thousands of people. The plague was one of the best-known diseases. Its be...
The fact that the number of people granted citizenship has declined to its lowest point in 40 years has also raised concerns about the democratic problem that a growing section of the population does not have the right to vote (Denmark 2021; Andersen et al. 2021, pp. 48, 58–59, 32–...