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# A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition

## Details

**Authors** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E

**Year** 2023

**Publisher** Journal of Systems Thinking

**Kind of work** chapter, article

[Read it at the publisher](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.0000032) 
10.54120/jost.0000032

## In authors' words

### Abstract

A narrative review of peer-reviewed research across disciplines, examining whether the four patterns and eight elements appear in findings by researchers who were not testing DSRP. Structured per pattern: existence in mind and nature, elemental structure, and the effect of metacognitive awareness.

### What they found (results)

Findings drawn from dative bonding, carbon monoxide binding to iron porphyrins, cosmological constraints from galaxy cluster structure, qubit probes, HIF/VHL degradation, chemotaxis, habituation in slime moulds, bacterial pack hunting, cells solving mazes, plant learning, cuttlefish delayed gratification, ravens tracking visual access, and honeybee landmark navigation.

## Commentary

### Response

Published in the Handbook of Systems Thinking (Cabrera, Cabrera & Midgley, eds., 2023), a volume built on the premise that systems thinking now has a universal theory—DSRP-484. Its contents were selected on that basis by its editorial team in concert with a team of advisors.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

## Refers to

- [Handbook of Systems Thinking](https://dsrpevidence.org/element/382)

## Questions it bears on

- Q2. [What is organization (O)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/what-organization)
- Q5. [Does the same organization (O) hold across every domain and scale?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/scale-generality)

**How to cite this** Cabrera D, Cabrera L, Cabrera E (2023). A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition. Journal of Systems Thinking.