Exploring the intersection of mind, language, and identity
MFA models visual attention as a magnetic field where image features act as sources generating attraction forces. Unlike CNN-based saliency models, MFA uses inverse-square field dynamics inspired by physics, requiring no training data or neural network weights. The model is evaluated on the MIT/Tübingen Saliency Benchmark (MIT300 leaderboard) with AUC 0.7926.
This paper introduces the concept of Dialogical Inner Voice Personification (DIVP): a formless, persistent inner dialogue partner that emerges spontaneously in childhood, operates through linguistic turn-taking, and is experienced as part of the self rather than as a separate entity. Drawing on an eight-session autoethnographic interview series, the study maps DIVP at the convergence point of five research areas: inner speech development, imaginary companions, Dialogical Self Theory, giftedness and overexcitability, and non-pathological voice-hearing.
Dialogical cognition & development
Overexcitability & inner experience
Saliency prediction & eye tracking
Emergent cognitive architectures
Self, identity, and phenomenology