animal minds
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Interactive Wiring of Cortex and Thalamus
The part of the brain that supports conscious contents is the cortex and thalamus. Modha and Singh showed the long-distance link in this system as a mandala....
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The Evolving Third Culture
he Art|Sci Center is dedicated to pursuing and promoting the evolving “Third Culture” by facilitating the infinite potential of collaborations between (media) arts and (bio/nano) sciences. The center’s affiliation with th...
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Educating Consciousness
he scientific study of consciousness is now a legitimate endeavor at some universities and research centers around the world. Among those in the know, excitement is intense. We are privileged to study an essential aspect of the...
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Cephalopod consciousness: Behavioural evidence
Building on past investigations of the possibility of a form of consciousness in birds and cephalopod molluscs, Jennifer Mather reports on cephalopod consciousness in an article in Consciousness and Cognition. Using global wo...
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Who’s bad? Chimps figure it out by observation
Chimpanzees make judgments about the actions and dispositions of strangers by observing others’ behavior and interactions in different situations. Specifically, chimpanzees show an ability to recognize certain behavioral trai...
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The trivial function of sleep
Rest in poikilothermic animals is an adaptation of the organism to adjust to the geophysical cycles, a doubtless valuable function for all animals. In this review, we argue that the function of sleep could be trivial for mammal...
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Gorillas heads race to extinction
According to the Red List of Threatened Species for 2007, gorillas, orangutans, and corals are among the plants and animals which are sliding closer to extinction. You can read more about this at BBC.
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Forgetting the fear
There are some memories one would rather forget. This is especially true for people who suffer from phobias or from post-traumatic stress disorder. Some memories can decrease and even disappear through a process called extincti...
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Higher social skills are uniquely human
A new study published today in Science reports that humans have distinctive social skills. Esther Herrmann, lead author of the study, answers Scitizen’s questions. Apes bite and try to break a tube to retrieve the food in...
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Chimps hold out
Researchers have found that chimps know how to distract themselves with play in order to ward off temptation. Most children practice this mental trick: When asked to wait patiently for a promised treat–say, an hour of tel...