Tag: speech

Conceptual image of a large stone in the shape of the human brain

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, ALS, animals, apes, birds, bloodhounds, brain mapping, common sense, consciousness, Deepak Chopra, Doctor's Diary (series), dolphins, electrodes, elephants, evolution, functional MRI, Gordon Gallup Jr., inner conversation, inner speech, intelligent design, Jiminy Cricket, Lampwick, magpies, Michael Egnor, mirror test, motor cortex, octopuses, paralysis, radio show, red dot test, Rottweilers, self-talk, 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

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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 ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, anatomy, auditory nerve, biochemistry, cochlea, communication, comprehension, ear, eardrum, Eric Hedin, expression, functionality, hair cells, hearing, human uniqueness, ID the Future, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, lips, mouth, neurology, ossicles, pharynx, reception, speech, tongue, vocal cords}

In a Universe of Non-Living Matter, Communication Sets Us Apart

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

3}

Communication is found across all life forms, from the signals sent by trees through fungal networks to the deep conversations we can have with each other. Read More ›

Focused man wearing futuristic brain computer interface intense concentration

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Benyamin Meschede-Krasa, brain implant, brain-computer interfaces, BrainGate2, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, dissidents, English, Erin Kunz, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Francis Willett, government, Ian Fleming, inner speech, Jacques Vidal, Manhasset, monologue, neuroscience, new york, Rudy Molinek, Sarah Wandelt, Smithsonian Magazine, speech, Stanford University, stroke, technology, UCLA}

A Device to Read Minds? Not What Researchers Intended, But…

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 19, 2025

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

"There’s a voice inside most people’s minds that comes alive when they listen, read, or prepare to speak." Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, apes, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, East India Company, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionary theory, females, human races, humans, Java, Lord Monboddo, monkeys, orangutans, race science, racial disparities, Racism, special creation, species, speech, tails, The Descent of Man, travelers, women}

Monkey Men: The Fables That Inspired Evolutionary Theory

_{Daniel Witt
June 19, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

7}

“For, that there are men with tails,” wrote Lord Monboddo, “…is a fact so well attested that I think it cannot be doubted.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, angiotensin, animals, auditory nerve, auditory signals, blood pressure, brain, cells, communication, comprehension, epinephrin, expression, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pharynx, procreation, reception, Sciuridae, singing, sounds, speech, squirrels, teeth, throat, tissues, tongue, trees, vibrations, volatile organic compounds}

Communication, in Human Life and Beyond: An Irreducibly Complex Design

_{Eric Hedin
May 5, 2025

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Communication saturates the animal kingdom in many forms. At the cellular level, communication forms an integral part of sustaining physical being. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adrian Owen, awareness, brain, brain activity, brain blood flow, brain death, brain injury, dualism, evidence, failed predictions, fMRI, functional MRI, mannerisms, materialism, mental states, mind, persistent vegetative state, predictions, Science (journal), speech, tennis, vegetative state, walking}

Materialist Versus Dualist Understandings of the Mind: Comparing Predictions

_{Michael Egnor
April 24, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is considered the most extreme state of brain injury, short of brain death. Read More ›

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Date
April 6, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anarthria, audible speech, brain, brain implant, brainstem stroke, California, cerebral cortex, communication, frustration, internal speech, isolation, paralysis, speech, stroke, Tibi Puiu, voice synthesizer, ZME Science}

Implant Lets a Disabled Woman Speak Her Thoughts

_{Science and Culture
April 6, 2025

Engineering, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

The key benefit of the system is that it is much faster than traditional methods, cutting the time from internal speech to audible speech to three seconds. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 21, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arithmetic, brain damage, Carl Zimmer, dementia, human brain, Noam Chomsky, Plato, speech, stroke}

Do We Need Language to Think?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 21, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetics, birds, childhood, ears, emotions, evolutionary adaptation, hearing, lyrics, medicine, mental health, mind, music, planets, Plato, pulsars, soul, sound waves, speech, sun, UC Berkeley, YouTube videos}

The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?

_{Eric Hedin
August 22, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

6}

Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them. Read More ›

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Author
Nathan Jacobson

Date
March 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alexa, Amazon, Apple, artificial intelligence, China, Google, humor, Internet, Mac OS, Siri, speech, War Games}

Depths of Design: Talking Boxes

_{Nathan Jacobson
March 17, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Read More ›