Encefalus

Lately I have been reading this book: The Hidden Pattern: A Patternist Philosophy of Mind. The book deals, quite obviously, with philosophy of mind and all the matters that touch this subject, including free will. The author is Ben Goertzel who happens to be a very interesting person. He holds a PhD in mathematics, but [...]

A quick guide to Free Will
I found this article the other day on BPS Research Digest. Do you remember Dr. Read Montague we spoke about at How a single neurotransmitter can provide the basis for the explanation of all social phenomena? This post provided a link to his homepage where he has an article he [...]

Near-Death Experiences: What Really Happens?
I stumbled upon this link the other day. It’s about one of the most exciting experiments I’ve ever seen in my life. Scientists will try to study what really happens with near-death experiences.

Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories. But now [...]

I don’t know if you have noticed it, but there’s a site called Scholarpedia. It seems it was created in 2006, but I hadn’t found the site until recently. What is most interesting is that it’s a lot like Knol, since the articles are written by respectful authors with a scientific style. It seems that [...]

Is he self-aware?
Today we’re dealing with some revolutionary research concerning the subject of self-awareness in birds.
 
Mirror-Induced Behavior in the Magpie (Pica pica): Evidence of Self-Recognition Prior H, Schwarz A, Güntürkün O PLoS Biology Vol. 6, No. 8, e202 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060202
The above research was published a few days ago in PLoS Biology. It is the research that I believe will [...]

Spheres of Influence: Scientific American.
The above was article was published in Scientific American Mind
Its author is Michael Gazzaniga one of the most respected figures in neuropsychology.

Michael Gazzaniga
If you don’t know him, he’s the guy who made the most important work in the lateralization of the two hemispheres. You’ve probably heard before that the left hemisphere [...]