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August 24, 2024
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What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

Science & Culture
August 24, 2024
Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Read More ›
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August 19, 2024
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Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

Science & Culture
August 19, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 15, 2024
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Life Sciences
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A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2024
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›
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August 8, 2024
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

Science & Culture
August 8, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 7, 2024
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Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

Denyse O’Leary
August 7, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
4
“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 2, 2024
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Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

Denyse O’Leary
August 2, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›
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August 1, 2024
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Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

Science & Culture
August 1, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 31, 2024
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Evolution
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Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 30, 2024
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
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The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

Denyse O’Leary
July 30, 2024
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 29, 2024
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Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

Denyse O’Leary
July 29, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Read More ›

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