Archive for the ‘neuroscience’ category: Page 229
Aug 12, 2023
What is consciousness? Philosopher, Dan Dennett explains
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: neuroscience
Cognitive scientist and philosopher, Professor Daniel Dennett, from Tufts University, takes us on a tour of the mind explaining why consciousness itself is a…
Aug 12, 2023
Daniel Dennett: Consciousness is a User Illusion (User Interface)
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: life extension, neuroscience
August 6, 2021
Daniel Dennett on Consciousness, Virtual Immortality, and Panpsychism | Closer To Truth Chats.
Aug 12, 2023
What is Panpsychism? | Rupert Sheldrake, Donald Hoffman, Phillip Goff, James Ladyman
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: neuroscience
What is panpsychism? Does it finally offer an explanation of consciousness? From the problems with materialism to the tradition of dualism, we asked the world’s leading thinkers to explain all.
#panpsychism #consciousness #reality #philosophy #mind.
Aug 12, 2023
Study identifies characteristics specific to human brains
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, genetics, neuroscience
Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, published in Nature, offer new insights into human brain evolution.
“Most evolutionary studies on the human brain have focused on neurons because this cell type was thought to be responsible for our intelligence and enhanced cognitive abilities. This study gives us a renewed appreciation for other cells involved in brain function and the role they have played both in advancing cognition and our susceptibility to a number of cognitive diseases,” said study leader Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and a member of the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern.
Since ancient times, people have been curious about what gives humans abilities that other animals don’t have, such as speech and language, Dr. Konopka explained. A range of previous studies have sought to answer this question by examining brain anatomy or performing genetic or molecular studies on whole brains or sections, experiments that provide a view of thousands of cells at a time.
Aug 12, 2023
Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological and Morphological Spaces
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, neuroscience
Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF’s 2022 Spacious Spatiality.
https://semf.org.es/spatiality.
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Aug 11, 2023
Scientists reveal top five ‘anti-ageing’ foods that help add years to your life
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, food, life extension, neuroscience
WE all know we should be eating more healthily.
Improving your diet lowers your risk of several diseases, boosts immunity and supports brain development.
And now, new research has found incorporating a certain five foods into your meals could help you live longer — and they all happen to be plant based.
Aug 11, 2023
Multiple sclerosis: How a probiotic could help with MS treatment
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, health, neuroscience
Researchers looking into the health benefits of utilizing gut bacteria say they have bioengineered a probiotic that may be useful as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Aug 11, 2023
Paralysis: Scientists restore movement, feeling in man via microchip
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience
A microchip implant into the brain of a paralyzed man managed to restore sensation and movement in his hand and arm in a historic trial.
Aug 10, 2023
New Biomarkers Improve Diagnostics for Multiple Sclerosis & An MS-Like Disorder
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause a huge range of symptoms in different patients, and the severity can vary dramatically. It is an inflammatory condition in which the body attacks myelin sheaths, a protective insulation surrounding nerve cells. This can cause fatigue, pain, paralysis, and symptoms that gradually get worse. MS can be very difficult to diagnose because the symptoms can be so different in different patients, and the presence of brain lesions is the clearest indication of the disease. MRIs that can reveal those brain lesions are only useful once the disease have progressed to the point of brain damage, however.
The innate immune system presents a potential option for monitoring the progression of MS. The disease causes inflammation, so researchers tracked immune cells in the brain called macrophages, and assessed brain inflammation in a mouse model of MS. The findings have been reported in Science Translational Medicine.
