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01Aug 2023 by Post

Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

Andrew Peterson, brain, Cait Kearney, Canada, consciousness, deeply forgetful, dementia, Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People, euthanasia, lucidity, Medicine, memory, neurobiology, neurodegenerative diseases, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, paradoxical lucidity, Parnia Lab, Penn Memory Center, Stephen Post, Stony Brook University

The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Source

27Jul 2023 by Post

Neuroscientist Vows: We’ll Nail Consciousness Yet!

Anil Seth, beast machine theory, Being You, body, brain, British Festival of Neuroscience, Christof Koch, consciousness, consciousness spot, David Chalmers, hallucinations, human brain, James Pang, Life Sciences, Monash University, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, University of Sussex

Anil Seth, proponent of the “hallucination” theory of consciousness, vows that researchers will find that consciousness spot or circuit in the brain. Source

24Jul 2023 by Post

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Arctic terns, bird mimicry, birds, brain, budgerigars, camera rotation, Clover, cockatiels, combat aircraft, Current Biology, drones, Duke University, Evolution, flight recordings, hummingbird, Intelligent Design, keas, Live Science, lovebirds, lyrebird, Medical Xpress, migration, mimicry, mockingbird, Neuroscience & Mind, newlyweds, odor map, odors, parakeets, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, smells, stabilization, starlings, vocabulary, vocal apparatus, wind directions, zoologists

Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world. Source

20Mar 2023 by Post

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

algorithms, Animal Algorithms, biology, brain, Carol Gould, distance, Evolution, honey bees, human language, information, insects, Intelligent Design, James Gould, programmed behavior, science, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance

Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Source

02Jan 2023 by Post

Mice Can’t Do Calculus but Their Brains Can

brain, calculus, claustrum, consciousness, cortex, Francis Crick, human brain, Intelligent Design, Kevin Hartnett, mathematics, mesencephalic locomotor region, mice, neuroimaging, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, science, Sridevi Sarma, Stop! signal, wheels, wild mice

Neuroimaging and mathematics showed that a simple Stop! signal in the brain would not allow a mouse to stop as quickly as it in fact did. Source

16Dec 2022 by Post

Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

Albert Einstein, American Kennel Club, anatomy, Border Collie, brain, Charles Fawole, consciousness, Dogs, Flynn Effect, humans, intelligence, Jean Marie Bauhaus, Kurt Gödel, Marilyn vos Savant, neurological capability, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Payton Pearson, Psychology Today, science, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia

An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Source

09Dec 2022 by Post

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

apes, biology, brain, central brain, cognitive abilities, Cris Niell, crows, cuttlefish, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Grygoriy Zolotarov, intelligence, MicroRNAs, miRNAs, nervous system, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurotransmitters, Nikolaus Rajewsky, octopus, Oregon, RNA, science, squid, vertebrates, whales, William Rainey Harper

While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Source

08Sep 2022 by Post

Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion

brain, conductor, consciousness, Julian Baggini, music, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, orchestra, philosophy, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, science, The Great Guide, unified self

In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is. Source

20Aug 2022 by Post

Listen: Into the Mystic with a Neurosurgeon and a Neurotheologian

Andrew Newberg, brain, brain scan, ID The Future, meditation, Michael Egnor, mystical experiences, mysticism, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurotheology, Podcast, science, speaking in tongues

What parts of the brain light up, and what parts go dormant, when someone is “speaking in tongues”? Source

30Jul 2022 by Post

Scientists Are Undermining Our Trust in Science

Alzheimer’s disease, autism, biotechnology, brain, Culture, Culture & Ethics, depression, fraud, funding, measles, mumps, peer-review, plaque, public health, Research, rubella, Science (journal), serotonin, South Korean, The Lancet, treatments, Vaccines

Falsification of scientific research has been a chronic problem for the sector in recent years. Source

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