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Reborn Coma Man’s Words May Be Bogus
The statements of a Belgian man believed to be in a coma for 23 years, but recently discovered to be conscious, are poignant, but experts say they may not be his words at all. Rom Houben’s account of...
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Sound Test Might Signal Minimal Consciousness
Talk between the brain’s decision-making center, or frontal cortex, and other brain regions might distinguish aware individuals from those stripped of conscious thought. Identifying such signaling...
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Animals and Love: Exclusive Excerpt From Exultant Ark
Love is any of various emotions that relate to feelings of strong attachment to another. The origin of such feelings probably lies in their benefit to inclusive fitness—the sum of an organism’s...
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How to Have Fun Like Monkeys, Whales and Foxes
If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help. But what if you want to know how that singing bird feels? It's a scientifically uncertain and even controversial...
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Is Anybody in There? Searching for Consciousness in an Injured Brain
New technology is enabling doctors to assess whether unresponsive patients retain some level of consciousness and communicate with those who do. The ethical and legal implications could be profound.
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When Do Babies Become Conscious?
For everyone who's looked into an infant's sparkling eyes and wondered what goes on in its little fuzzy head, there's now an answer. New research shows that babies display glimmers of consciousness and...
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Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From the Frontiers of Resuscitation...
Sam Parnia practices resuscitation medicine. In other words, he helps bring people back from the dead -- and some return with stories. Their tales could help save lives, and even change scientific...
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Possible Hints of Consciousness After Death Found in Rats
For a brief time after their hearts stop beating, electrical activity that some scientists have linked to consciousness in humans continues in the brains of rats — a finding that could shed light on...
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A Magnetic Trick to Define Consciousness
Researchers have come up with an approach that uses the brain’s response to magnetic stimulation to judge a person’s awareness, reducing it to a numerical score they call an index of consciousness.
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A Neuroscientist’s Radical Theory of How Networks Become Conscious
It's a question that's perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from? Neuroscientist Christof Koch, chief scientific officer at the Allen Institute...
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