chimp Type post Date September 2, 2022 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , asymmetry, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, dopamine, FOXP2, humans, intelligence, macaque, memory, nerve fibers, Peter Hess, primates, speech, thinking, Yale University More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ Science and Culture September 2, 2022 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning 3 Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›
discus throw Type post Author Michael Denton Date August 14, 2020 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , axon, central nervous system, heat, humans, intelligent design, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Leon Kass, mammals, muscles, myelin, nerve fibers, pain, sense organs, touch A Crucial Design Difference in Vertebrate Nerves Michael Denton August 14, 2020 Intelligent Design 6 Consideration of the basic characteristics of nerve impulse propagation suggests that the speed of conduction in mammals is close to the maximum possible. Read More ›
Victor-Borge Type post Date July 7, 2017 CategoriesEngineeringIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Braille, evolution, hands, Howard Glicksman, information, intelligent design, nerve fibers, nerves, physiology, PNAS, sensors, skin, Steve Laufmann, touch, University of Chicago, University of Sheffield Design at Your Fingertips: Researchers Struggle to Model Sense of Touch Science and Culture July 7, 2017 Engineering, Intelligent Design 8 Your hands feel in detail thanks to tens of thousands of sensors, and detailed information encoded by their positions and firing times. Read More ›
