Tag: neurobiology

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agency, Benjamin Libet, brain, compatibilism, Darwinian processes, Denyse O'Leary, Determined (book), evolution, Free Agents, free will, Kevin Mitchell, materialists, muscles, neurobiology, neuroscientists, randomness, Robert Sapolsky, Trinity College Dublin}

Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?

_{Daniel Witt
March 4, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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If you pick up a book up about free will by a materialist, you are generally safe to assume that the point will be to explain that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Canada, consciousness, dementia, euthanasia, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience, paradoxical lucidity, Stony Brook University}

Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, antennae, butterflies, Canada, circadian clock, compound eyes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, latitude, lepidopterology, magnetic compass, Mexico, migration, milkweed, monarch butterfly, navigation, neurobiology, Stonehenge, sun compass, United States}

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

_{Eric Cassell
November 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 6, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, brain, cerebral cortex, eyes, form, mind, neurobiology, occipital lobes, perception, person, philosophy of mind, retina, sensations, soul}

The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better

_{Michael Egnor
April 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptationist, American Biology Teacher, computer model, Dan-Eric Nilsson, evolution, eyes, Free Science, genes, Jonathan Wells, macroevolution, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), neurobiology, Oxford University Press, phenotypes, PNAS, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Santa Barbara, vision}

Can You Say That in Nature? Dobzhansky’s Evolution Cliché Is Becoming Passé

_{Science and Culture
November 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution

6}

“Nothing in biology makes sense except…” Go ahead; complete that sentence yourself, with a yawn. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 22, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Crossway, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolution, Günter Bechly, homeostasis, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Michael Egnor, motivation, nematodes, neo-Darwinian theory, neurobiology, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Washington University, Wayne Grudem}

Answering Joshua Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: A Religious Agenda?

_{Ann Gauger
August 22, 2018

Faith & Science

4}

He defines himself as a Christian who affirms evolution, while also rejecting the name theistic evolutionist. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, "chilling effect", argument, censorship, Charles Darwin, debate, Free Science, free speech, Human Zoos, King’s College London, Large Hadron Collider, Mendelian genetics, Neo-Darwinism, neurobiology, Quillette, Richard Weikart, science, Trofim Lysenko}

“Risky” Business — College Shuts Down Professor over Speech on Science, Free Expression

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 4, 2018

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Adam Perkins, King’s College London lecturer in Neurobiology of Personality, was scheduled to deliver a talk at his institution. Read More ›