neuroscience – Page 6 – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

29Oct 2022 by Post

Cats Recognize and Respond to Our Voices

cat talk, cats, Charlotte de Mouzon, communication, Dogs, Fluffy, France, humans, information, kitty talk, Life Sciences, Nanterre, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pupils, Tabby, Université Paris Nanterre, voices

If you are a cat’s human friend, he cares when you talk to him. Whether he will, or even can, do what you want is a separate question. Source

15Oct 2022 by Post

How Frogs and Fish “Count”

algebra, ants, Brian Butterworth, calculus, Can Fish Count?, common ancestor, croaks, dyscalculia, fish, frogs, Gary Rose, geometry, humans, Intelligent Design, mathematics, neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, number sense, numbers, pallium, Psyche (journal), respiratory fitness, túngara frog, zebrafish

We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed. Source

12Oct 2022 by Post

Birds Have a Remarkable Gift for Deceit

alarm call, birds, blackbirds, Clinton Francis, deceit, ducks, Filipe Cunha, killdeer, Netherlands, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, offspring, Perisoreus infaustus, pheasants, science, Siberian jays, sparrowhawks, sparrows, Wageningen University & Research, warblers, Wren Thompson

The birds themselves are not agents making a moral choice to deceive; they are carrying out a behavior pattern they have inherited. Source

08Sep 2022 by Post

Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

apes, chimpanzees, Closer to Truth, genomes, human exceptionalism, illusion, inner feeling, Julian Baggini, lichens, neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, origin of life, philosophy, qualia, red, redness, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, rocks, science, scientific explanation, self

Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? 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

06Aug 2022 by Post

Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Animal Algorithms, animal rights, bees, consciousness, crops, Eric Cassell, Heather Browning, insect rights, insects, Kenny Torrella, London School of Economics, meat, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pain, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, pests, PETA, PNAS, Research, science

As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Source

04Aug 2022 by Post

Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? It Depends

aging, cognitive dysfunction, dementia, Dog Aging Project, Dogs, Durga Chapagain, Family Dog Project, health, Hungary, memory, mice, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, rapamycin, science, Texas A&M, tricks, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Zsófia Virányi

Not much is known for sure about how dogs age. The Dog Aging Project aims to change that through systematic research programs. Source

09Jul 2022 by Post

Human Brain Has Many More Language Connections than Chimp Brain

arcuate fasciculus, brain, brain scan, chimpanzee brain, chimpanzees, frontal lobe, human brain, humans, Intelligent Design, language, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, temporal lobe, thought, Vitoria Piai

The researchers were interested in a nerve tract that connects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, the arcuate fasciculus. Source

19Jun 2022 by Post

Yes, Brains — Like Computers — Have a Low-Power Mode

Allison Whitten, brain, flies, food shortages, Life Sciences, mice, Nathalie Rochefort, Neuron (journal), neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, power conservation, researchers, visual cortex, visual resolution, Zahid Padamsey

Sure they do. It makes a lot of sense to conserve power when food supplies are low. Source

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