language
Can we talk? Human language as the business end of consciousness
Language study PR namedrops Darwin; sure to get taken seriously now
Linguist Noel Rude on that new “metaphor” theory of consciousness
Language: Did sounds or words come first?
Why human language is hard to address in a mechanistic way
Fruit flies help us understand human communication
Linguist Noel Rude doesn’t think that silvery gibbons and birds “explain” human language
Silvery gibbons and birds “explain” human language
Large numbers of exceptions to the canonical genetic code
Human language depends on bent vocal tract?
Can we trace individual words back to the Ice Age?
Is there evidence that we have free will?
Random Brain Waves Save Free Will? The debate continues with a new publication. But the new study by Han-Gue Jo and colleagues of Freiburg makes a strong case that the “RP” is not really a ‘thing’ at all. They say that, in the two seconds before a button press, you see both negative and positive changes, in roughly equal numbers. There are slightly more negative ones, so on average, there is a small negative “RP”, but only on average. See: Exp Brain Res. 2013 Dec;231(4):495-500. doi: 10.1007/s00221-013-3713-z. Epub 2013 Oct 9. Spontaneous EEG fluctuations determine the readiness potential: is preconscious brain activation a preparation process to move? Jo HG, Hinterberger T, Wittmann M, Borghardt TL, Schmidt S.