Tag: pain
What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?
With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans.
What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?
A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be.
At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?
Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence.
Why Should a Baby Live?
My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva.
Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works
The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally.