Category: Brain
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Non-local consciousness, NDEs and other arguments against the brain
Author: Spyridon Kakos, PhD, National Technical University of Athens August 2026, Athens, Greece Published at PhilPapers at https://philpapers.org/rec/KAKNCN Abstract: What is consciousness? Even though the current mainstream view suggests that the brain is the producer of consciousness in a materialistic and reductionist context, there is ample evidence supporting an alternative model: that the brain acts as…
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AI. Schizophrenia. (Unprepared…)
Researchers have taken a step forward in developing an artificial intelligence tool to predict schizophrenia by analyzing brain scans. The tool was used to analyze functional magnetic resonance images of 57 healthy first-degree relatives (siblings or children) of schizophrenia patients. It accurately identified the 14 individuals who scored highest on a self-reported schizotypal personality trait…
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Brain stimulation. Personalized. Full of grief.
Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that -- at least in one patient -- was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.…
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Upside down…
What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains process our orientation, according to psychology researchers. Researchers found that an individual's interpretation of the direction of gravity can be altered by how their brain responds to visual information. (1) Or we could say it another way around: What happens…
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Apathy. Death. Here!
Apathy - a lack of interest or motivation - could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a 'window of opportunity' to treat the disease at an early stage, according to new research. (1) We live. We die. We laugh. We cry. There is nothing to see here.…
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