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Neuroscience

Articles about different approaches to study the nervous system at different scales. Neuroscience strives for the understanding of the biological basis of learning, memory, behavior, perception, and consciousness.

Giving Up on Consciousness as the Ghost in the Machine

Consciousness as used here, refers to the private, subjective experience of being aware of our perceptions, thoughts, feelings, actions, memories (psychological contents) including the intimate experience of a unified self with the capacity to generate and control actions and psychological contents. This compelling, intuitive consciousness-centric account has, and continues to

Giving up on the ghost of consciousness

Consciousness refers to the private, subjective experience of being aware of perceptions

Neurophysiology of Silence: Neuroscientific, Psychological, Educational and Contemplative Perspectives

The importance of silence has been emphasized in both ancient and modern traditions (Teschner, 1981;Davies and Turner, 2002;Stratton, 2015).

Humans Can Communicate From Brain To Brain (Telepathy)

A study out of the University of Washington sheds interesting light on the human capability to communicate between brain and brain without words.Also known as telepathy.

Psycho-Acoustic Medicine: Science Behind Sound Healing For Serotonin Production

A number of studies and experiments have shown that sound can be used as medicine for various ailments and diseases.

Vitamin E needed for proper nervous system development

"This is totally amazing -- the brain is absolutely physically distorted by not having enough vitamin E," said Maret Traber, a professor in the OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

'Little brain' or cerebellum not so little after all

Sometimes referred to by its Latin translation as the '"little brain"', the cerebellum is located close to the brainstem and sits under the cortex in the hindbrain.

How COVID-19 causes smell loss: Olfactory support cells, not neurons, are vulnerable to novel coronavirus infection

Now, an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has identified the olfactory cell types most vulnerable to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Surprisingly, sensory neurons that detect and transmit the sense of smell to the brain are not among the vulnerable cell

MRI scans of the brains of 130 mammals, including humans, indicate equal connectivity

"We discovered that brain connectivity -- namely the efficiency of information transfer through the neural network -- does not depend on either the size or structure of any specific brain," says Prof. Assaf. "In other words, the brains of all mammals, from tiny mice through humans to large bulls and

Phenomenological Scepticism Reconsidered: A Husserlian Answer to Dennett’s Challenge

There is a long-standing tradition of questioning the viability and scientificity of first-person methods.

Cognitions in Sleep: Lucid Dreaming as an Intervention for Nightmares in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

About 80% of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients suffer from nightmares or dysphoric dreams that cause major distress and impact nighttime or daytime functioning.

Lucid Dreaming as an Intervention for Nightmares in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

About 80% of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients suffer from nightmares or dysphoric dreams that cause major distress and impact nighttime or daytime functioning.

The Anarchic Brain: How Psychedelics Change the Mind and Brain

Psychedelics alter people’s personalities, their politics, and their beliefs about the world.

Expanding Reality Through Consciousness: A Fascinating Interview With A Neurosurgeon

Mario Beauregard, PhD., is a neuroscientist currently affiliated with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.

Consciousness, free energy and cognitive algorithms

Consciousness studies: from the Bayesian brain to the field of consciousness Different theoretical approaches have tried to model consciousness and subjective experience, from phenomenology (Husserl, 1913), cognitive psychology and neuroscience (Baars, 2005; Dehaene, 2014), artificial intelligence and cybernetics (Baars Franklin, 2009; Rudrauf Debbané, 2018), statistical physics and probabilistic models (Solms