yellow-crested-cockatoo-bird-stockpack-adobe-stock-249892550-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 16, 2026 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , Albert Newen, anole lizards, Antonella Tramacere, Antonio Damasio, Axel Cleeremans, biology, Carlos Montemayor, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, cognition, cognitive science, consciousness, Dogs, Eva Jablonka, experience, Gianmarco Maldarelli, horses, Jacques Singer, Jonathan Birch, Jonathon D. Crystal, Julio Hechavarria, Kristin Andrews, Krzysztof Dołęga, Lars Chittka, Léa Moncoucy, Lucia Melloni, Maxime Janbon, memory, neuroscience, Nicholas Humphrey, Noam Miller, Olga Dyakova, Onur Güntürkün, philosophy, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Royal Society, Sarah Skeels, self-awareness, Simon Alexander Burns Brown, Simona Ginsburg, T. S. Eliot, Yuranny Cabral-Calderin What Is Consciousness For? Sixteen Theories Take a Crack at the Question Denyse O’Leary May 16, 2026 Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 17 It sounds like we do not really know what we are looking for, which will doubtless complicate efforts to find it. Read More ›
lobster Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 10, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , animal rights, animals, cats, coral, crabs, cuttlefish, Dogs, fetus, Jonathan Birch, lobsters, London School of Economics, Marc Bekoff, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, Psychology Today, sentience, squid What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies? Denyse O’Leary January 10, 2025 Bioethics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 7 With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›
black garden ants Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 19, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsLife Sciences Tagged , animal rights, animals, bees, bugs, butterfly, disease, fly, humans, insects, Jonathan Birch, Lars Chittka, larvae, rivers, Wired Pushing Insect Welfare Wesley J. Smith March 19, 2023 Bioethics, Life Sciences 4 Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›