Tag: brain function

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, brain, brain function, communication, consciousness, death, Denyse O’Leary, emotions, free will, human identity, ID the Future, materialism, medical literature, memories, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movements, near-death experiences, neuroscience, physicalism, reason, seizures, sensations, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, Threshold}

Terminal Lucidity Points to Indestructible Personhood

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 2, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why would the human mind sometimes appear strongest when the brain is weakest? We begin a two-part conversation discussing the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atoms, brain, brain function, Denyse O'Leary, human mind, intellect, materialism, materialists, memory, mind, numbers, perception, universe, vision, wavelengths}

Logic Shows Abstract Thought Is an Immaterial Power

_{Michael Egnor
June 10, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are also logical reasons for thinking that the intellect is immaterial, which means spiritual. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 19, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, brain, brain function, brain hemispheres, Denyse O'Leary, dualism, emotion, free will, heartbeat, ID the Future, materialism, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, nature, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, perception, podcast, reason, relatives, soul, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, thought}

The Immortal Mind: How Neuroscience Points Beyond Materialism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 19, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Egnor challenges the Darwinian view, arguing that abstract thought and free will are immaterial and could not have arisen via natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 6, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abstract thought, Aristotle, blood pressure, brain function, brain state, breathing, Denyse O'Leary, Edward Feser, elementary particles, emotion, heart rate, hormones, intellect, logic, matter, measurements, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, perception, photons, Plato, precision, puppy, soul, triangle, uncertainty, Uncertainty Principle, will}

The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 6, 2025

Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 26, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, brain function, cardiac arrest, clinical death, Closer to Truth, consciousness, death, doctors, Lord Kelvin, Lucid Dying, near-death experiences, Nobel Prize, Psyche, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sam Parnia, skepticism, soul}

Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Faces Skepticism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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In discussion with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Dr. Sam Parnia stuck to his clearly defined evidence, avoiding religious digressions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain function, Bruce Greyson, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, human soul, Lucid Dying, materialism, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, NYU, Sam Parnia, Science Daily, Scientific American, Sean Carroll, The Immortal Mind}

Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anomalies, BioEssays, brain function, dogmatism, epigenetic information, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, function, gene regulation, genes, genetic programming, inheritance, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, molecular biology, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Thomas Kuhn}

The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain function, comatose, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dreams, drugs, ether, injury, machines, mechanical philosophy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, persistent vegetative state, phlogiston, sleep, unconsciousness, Walter Bradley Center}

Seven Reasons the Soul Can’t Be Turned “Off”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Neuroscientist Michael Egnor notes that the idea of consciousness is "empty," much like the idea of "natural selection" in evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, books, brain, brain function, Discovery Institute, eyes, hands, human beings, insults, Jeffrey Shallit, learning, legs, lungs, machines, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Neural Networks, organs, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›