Anatomical and physiological evidence shows that the primate visual brain consists of many distributed processing systems, acting in parallel. Psychophysical studies show that the activity in each of the parallel systems reaches its perceptual end-point at a different time, thus leading to a perceptual asynchrony in vision. This, together with clinical and human imaging evidence, suggests stron...

1 The varying answers given to the single question of whether the mind is pure by nature or defiled by nature form a convenient lenses through which to view the development of Yogācāra thought. If the mind is pure, then where do the defilements originate? If it is defiled, where does purity originate? Though the classical formulation of Asaṇga and Vasubandhu sees consciousness as paratantric, t...

While contemporary China–Africa relations are often discussed in (geo)political and economic terms, they cannot be disentangled from “racial” orderings tensions. Still, “race” remains underexplored these encounters. This article seeks to further the conversation on role of relations. We build concept “racialization” examine various ways which race shapes both Chinese-in-Africa Africans-in-China...

This article advocates a pedagogy of race-consciousnesses (PRC) to enhance the critical thinking abilities all undergraduate students in higher education institutes (HEIs). It is envisioned that cultivation race-consciousness will be means not only value students’ home culture but also draw from this develop their innate abilities. Such an approach encourages critically engage with ‘perspective...