conceptual-image-of-a-large-stone-in-the-shape-of-the-human-193759941-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Geoffrey Simmons Date September 19, 2025 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , ALS, animals, apes, birds, brain mapping, common sense, consciousness, Doctor's Diary (series), dolphins, elephants, evolution, functional MRI, inner speech, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, motor cortex, octopuses, paralysis, soul, speech, Stanford University, whales Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself? Geoffrey Simmons September 19, 2025 Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 7 A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›
varun-gaba-TYVDhM6guHA-unsplash 2 Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 24, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Adrian Owen, awareness, brain, brain activity, brain death, brain injury, dualism, evidence, failed predictions, fMRI, functional MRI, materialism, mental states, mind, persistent vegetative state, predictions, Science (journal), speech, walking Materialist Versus Dualist Understandings of the Mind: Comparing Predictions Michael Egnor April 24, 2025 Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is considered the most extreme state of brain injury, short of brain death. Read More ›