Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 37 | Science and Culture Today

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Denyse O’Leary

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August 23, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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, cephalopod, convergent evolution, crabs, evolution, Germany, human eye, intelligence, iris, lens, lobsters, Nautilus, octopuses, optic nerves, photoreceptors, retina, squid}

Octopus Intelligence Poses Evolutionary Convergence Conundrum

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August 23, 2022

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Outstandingly bright — with eyes that strikingly resemble ours — yet their ancestors split from mammals and birds 600 million years ago. Read More ›

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August 20, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Andrew Newberg, brain, brain scan, ID the Future, meditation, Michael Egnor, mysticism, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurotheology, podcast}

Listen: Into the Mystic with a Neurosurgeon and a Neurotheologian

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August 20, 2022

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

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August 19, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Andrew Newberg, brains, faith, meditation, mind, neuroscience, neurotheology, religion}

The Mind/Brain Problem and the Power of Meditative Prayer

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August 19, 2022

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It’s hard to know where the brain ends and the mind begins. How can studying our brains give us insight into our minds? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 18, 2022

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Cosmology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Alfred Russel Wallace, apes, Big Bang, Bonfire of the Vanities, cosmogony, Genesis, Headlong Hall, homologies, ideology, language, Michelangelo’s David, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Noam Chomsky, Oxford English Dictionary, perverse incentives, phrenology, Richard Lewontin, Steady State, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Theory of Everything, Thomas Love Peacock, Tom Wolfe}

Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

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August 18, 2022

Cosmology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, BBC, bees, consciousness, Dogs, dopamine, insect rights, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, sensations, The Mind of a Bee, The Scientist, University of Chicago, waggle dance}

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

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August 13, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, thermostat, Thomistic philosophy}

Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

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August 12, 2022

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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
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, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proton gradients, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

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August 11, 2022

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›

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August 9, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Age of Reason, chewing, children, face, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information, neurons, New Scientist, oxygen, reality, researchers, stars, universe, University of Southern California}

Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

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August 9, 2022

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The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Animal Algorithms, animal rights, bees, consciousness, crops, Eric Cassell, insect rights, insects, London School of Economics, meat, neuroscience, pain, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, PNAS, Research}

Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

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August 6, 2022

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

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 4, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, aging, dementia, Dogs, health, Hungary, memory, mice, neuroscience, Texas A&M, University of Arizona, University of Washington}

Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? It Depends

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August 4, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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