Neurocomb25 Lab pioneers research in Bonsai Thinking—a discipline that reimagines learning as a three-dimensional cycle connecting cognition with learning, affection with unlearning, and conation with relearning. Drawing from the classical Trilogy of Mind, our work bridges cognitive, affective, and conative neuroscience to address the complete spectrum of human capacity: thinking, feeling, and willing. This tripartite framework reveals that effective adaptation in the AI era requires simultaneous engagement of all mental faculties, not just cognitive skills alone.
Our research places particular emphasis on conation—the neglected domain of future intention and volition. While organisations have long focused on what employees know (cognition) and increasingly on how they feel (affection), we illuminate how employees envision and shape their futures through relearning. By cultivating aesthetic intelligence, we help individuals and organisations develop the volitional capacity to imagine possibilities, position themselves in meaningful environments, and continuously reinvent themselves in an era of perpetual change.