Tag: brain
Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?
An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt.
MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?
While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs.
Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?
Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong.
Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion
In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is.
Listen: Into the Mystic with a Neurosurgeon and a Neurotheologian
What parts of the brain light up, and what parts go dormant, when someone is “speaking in tongues”?