How a quantum theory of consciousness will work out is anyone’s guess but here’s a prediction: It won’t help the cause of materialism much.
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One group that worries a lot about memory loss is seniors fearing dementia. In most cases, their memory lapses likely originate in other causes.
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What’s becoming clear is that, while dementia itself may not be preventable, its severity may potentially be mitigated by timely health care interventions.
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If neuroscientists are looking fruitlessly for a material basis for the human mind, progress may always be measured in conflicts, not insights.
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This “chat” among neurons, glia, and microbes could be important for research into the digestive system in relation to mood disorders, anxiety, and depression.
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To insist that the mind is not real and can’t be constrained amounts to taking a philosophical position, not one based on science. There is no relevant science.
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Humans cannot achieve permanent happiness. Earthly pleasures do not ultimately satisfy us. The Bible said it. The neuroscientists have proved it.
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The observations showed that the brain needs specific lobes for normal processing but also — good news for rehab — that it compensates naturally.
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The current dogma that pervades neuroscience is established by intellectual pressure rather than solid scientific evidence.
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The researchers, refreshingly, made clear that they were NOT making unsubstantiable claims about mouse self-awareness; they were studying neural wiring.
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Riccardo Manzotti and Paulo Moderato set out the dilemma: The human mind makes no sense apart from the forbidden dualist perspective.
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It’s not wise to bet against complexity in the brain. Or to bet that no differences will be found between the human brain and, say, the mouse brain.
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Sleep deprivation and sleep interruptions such as occur with sleep apnea are not mere annoyances but actually damage a whole array of functions.
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Before birth, the child is hearing the rhythm of speech rather than individual words, through the amniotic fluid; that may speed learning later.
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Researchers seem to have honed their skills in presenting failure as success and in portraying more of what hasn’t worked as a solution.
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Makin and Krakauer caution that brain adaptation to overcome a disability is hard work. Perhaps it is driven, not by the brain alone, but by the restless mind.
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Just what will neuroscientists do if — even in their own minds — they do not succeed in showing that the mind is merely what the brain does?
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Octopus information-gathering is fundamentally different from that of intelligent mammals. Are comparisons in intelligence even meaningful then?
Read More ›Is there strong scientific evidence for near-death experiences, the subject of the new film After Death? On an episode of ID the Future, I spoke with Dr. Gary Habermas about his chapter evaluating the evidence for near-death cases in the recent book Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science. As Dr. Habermas explains, most near-death accounts contain both objective and subjective elements. Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. “I can’t verify heavenly discussions or heavenly sites,” says Habermas, “so the kind of NDE data I’m talking about virtually always occur on this earth in normal kinds of situations, like parking lots or in your Read More ›
Many doctors and neuroscientists are admitting that these testimonies are hard to dismiss through materialistic explanations.
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