Category: Mind
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Synchronizing with the world...
Research on how anesthesia works on humans, shed new light on the patterns of human brain activity related to the stages of losing consciousness. When the subjects were just beginning to lose consciousness, the researchers detected an oscillation of brain activity in the low frequency (0.1 to 1 hertz) and alpha frequency (8 to 12…
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Sleep & memories - A funny connection...
The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a link. A study shows that poor sleep in old age prevents the brain from storing memories. [1] Funny. The part of our lifes…
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Brain, Memory & Plasticity against materialism
Many people believe in the materialistic explanation of consciousness, which demands that all functions of our mind take place into our brain. And even more people believe that the very basic problem of memory is one of the first that have been "solved". Right? Wrong. Scientists do not know where exactly is memory located. To…
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Bionic hands, mind, brain, misunderstandings...
In one of this year’s bionic breakthroughs, a paralyzed woman carried out her own superhuman feat: Using an implanted brain chip, she controlled a robotic arm with her mind. [1] Scientists jumped to the roof out of joy. But what are we to celebrate here? The "with her mind" is the key sentence. Is it…
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